document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1122011>Question 1122011</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Jose is standing next to a mailbox when all of a sudden he begins walking away from the mailbox at a constant speed of 6 feet per second. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a. How far is Jose from the mailbox 8 seconds after he started walking away from it?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b. Write a formula that expresses Jose's distance from the mailbox (in feet), <BR>\n" );
document.write( "d in terms of the number of seconds t since he started walking away from it.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "c. As Jose walks away from the mailbox, is his distance from the mailbox proportional to the time elapsed since he started walking away from the mailbox?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-No, Jose's distance from the mailbox (in feet) is always larger than the number of seconds elapsed since he started walking.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-Yes, Jose's distance from the mailbox is related to the time elapsed since he started walking.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-Yes, Jose's distance from the mailbox (in feet) is always the same number of times as large as the number of seconds since he started walking.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-No, Jose's distance from the mailbox (in feet) is not always the same constant number of times as large as the number of seconds since he started walking. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "a. How far is Jose from the mailbox 8 seconds after he started walking away from it?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d = r*t<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b. Write a formula that expresses Jose's distance from the mailbox (in feet), <BR>\n" );
document.write( "d in terms of the number of seconds t since he started walking away from it.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d = 6t<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "c. As Jose walks away from the mailbox, is his distance from the mailbox proportional to the time elapsed since he started walking away from the mailbox?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-Yes, Jose's distance from the mailbox is related to the time elapsed since he started walking.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-Yes, Jose's distance from the mailbox (in feet) is always the same number of times as large as the number of seconds since he started walking.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-No, Jose's distance from the mailbox (in feet) is not always the same constant number of times as large as the number of seconds since he started walking. </SPAN>\n" );
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