document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=8264>Question 8264</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I am trying to help my daughter with her homework but I need help with it here is my question I need to write an expression for the number of kilometers a dolphin travels in d hours swimming ag 8 km/h. Then find the number of kilometers the dolphin travels in 3 hours. Any help would be apprecated.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thank you <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #4551 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Earlsdon><B>Earlsdon(6294)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Earlsdon><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=4551\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> It seems as though you are looking for an equation rather than an expression.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The equation that relates distance (d) to time (t) and rate of travel (r) is:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=d+=+rt ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"d+=+rt\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > So, in the case of your dolphin, the rate of travel (r) is 8 km/h\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So you (or Cindy) can write:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=d+=+%288+km%2Fh%29t ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"d+=+%288+km%2Fh%29t\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Now, if the dolphin travels for 3 hours, then t = 3 hrs and you can replace the t in your equation with 3 hrs.  So it would look like this:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=d+=+%288+km%2Fh%29%283+hrs%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"d+=+%288+km%2Fh%29%283+hrs%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > and if Cindy can work out the arithmetic, she'll find that:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=d+=+24+km ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"d+=+24+km\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > because 8 km/h times 3 hrs is 24 km.<BR>\n" );
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