document.write( "Question 1171059: You are flying from Houston to Chicago. You leave Houston at 7:30 am. At 8:35 am you fly over Little Rock, a distance of 455 miles. Write a linear equation that gives the distance in miles, y, in terms of time, x. Let x represent the number of minutes since 7:30 am. \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "For a uniform move, the traveled distance equation is\r\n" );
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document.write( "    y = v*x\r\n" );
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document.write( "where \"v\" is the average speed (or rate), in miles per minute, x is the time, in minutes.\r\n" );
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document.write( "To find \"v\" from the given data, divide  455 miles by 65 minutes (the flight time between the cities)\r\n" );
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document.write( "      v =  = 7 miles per minute.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So, finally, your equation is\r\n" );
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document.write( "    y = 7x.       ANSWER\r\n" );
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