document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=71648>Question 71648</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A giraffe can travel 800 feet in 20 seconds. Write a direct variation equation for the distance traveled in any time.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Help, written problems are so hard for me. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The direct variation equation is:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "d=kt<BR>\n" );
document.write( "where d is the distance that the giraffe travels<BR>\n" );
document.write( "k is the constant of variation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and t is time\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now we are told that the giraffe can travel 800 ft in 20 seconds, so we can solve for the constant of variation (k)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "800=k(20)  divide both sides by 20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "k=40-------------and the units are ft per sec\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So now we can write<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d=40t\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "ck\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "d=40t<BR>\n" );
document.write( "800ft=40*20 ft<BR>\n" );
document.write( "800 ft= 800 ft\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hope this helps ----ptaylor </SPAN>\n" );
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