document.write( "Question 999863: if your trying to go 552 miles using the equation f(x)=55x+0 i dont understand how this works for hours \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "f(x) = 55x + 0\r\n" );
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document.write( "Ignore the 0 because that's just to show that it\r\n" );
document.write( "is in the form f(x) = y = mx+b, slope-intercept\r\n" );
document.write( "form for the equation of a line.  So only look at\r\n" );
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document.write( "f(x) = 55x\r\n" );
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document.write( "You know that \r\n" );
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document.write( "distance = rate × time\r\n" );
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document.write( "f(x) is the distance in miles, \r\n" );
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document.write( "55 is the rate in miles per hour, \r\n" );
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document.write( "and \r\n" );
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document.write( "x is the time in hours.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So since distance = rate × time,\r\n" );
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document.write( "f(x) = 55x\r\n" );
document.write( " 552 = 55x\r\n" );
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document.write( "Substitute 552 for the f(x), the number of miles.\r\n" );
document.write( "Then solve for x, the time in hours, by\r\n" );
document.write( "dividing both sides by 55\r\n" );
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document.write( "552/55 = x\r\n" );
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document.write( "So x = \"10%262%2F55\" hours \r\n" );
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