document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=965363>Question 965363</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I'm stuck on this math problem, please spare some time to help me. I'd really appreciate those who help me, god bless!\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Eli and Alayna are hiking separately on the same 6-mile mountain trail. Eli has already hiked up the mountain and is now hiking back down at a rate of 1.65 miles per hour. Alayna starts hiking up the trail at the same time Eli starts hiking down. The function d = 1.35t, where d is distance in miles and t is time in hours, gives Alayna's distance from the start of the trail on her way up the mountain.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a. use the variables d and t to write a function that gives Eli's distance from the start of the trail while on his way down the mountain.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b. At what point on the trail do Eli and Alayna meet? Explain. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " Eli has already hiked up the mountain and is now hiking back down at a rate of 1.65 miles per hour.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " Alayna starts hiking up the trail at the same time Eli starts hiking down.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " The function d = 1.35t, where d is distance in miles and t is time in hours, gives Alayna's distance from the start of the trail on her way up the mountain.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a. use the variables d and t to write a function that gives Eli's distance from the start of the trail while on his way down the mountain.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Eli is getting closer to the start of the trail (Alayna is getting further)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "therefore:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d = 6 - 1.65t<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b. At what point on the trail do Eli and Alayna meet? Explain.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "First find the time it takes them to meet, (when they meet they will have traveled a total of 6 mi)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1.35t + 1.65t = 6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3.0t = 6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t = 6/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t = 2hrs for them to meet<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Find how far Alayna traveles from the start in 2 hrs<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2 * 1.35 = 2.7 mi from the start when they meet </SPAN>\n" );
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