SOLUTION: When you drive home from the school the number of miles you are away from home depends on the number of minutes you have been driving. When you are 11 miles from home you have been

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Question 1022843: When you drive home from the school the number of miles you are away from home depends on the number of minutes you have been driving. When you are 11 miles from home you have been driving for 10 minutes and when you are 8 miles from home you have been driving 15 minutes.
I Need an equation expressing the of miles you are from home (y) in terms of the number of minutes since you left the school (x)
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, MathTherapy:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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Fit this to two linear order pair.

(x,y);
(10,11) and (15,8);

Find the equation of the line containing the two points.

y-k=m%28x-h%29 for any point (h,k).
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m=%288-11%29%2F%2815-10%29
m=-7%2F5
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Pick either of your two points.
y-11=%28-7%2F5%29%28x-10%29 using point-slope equation form.
y=-%287%2F5%29x%2B14%2B11
highlight%28y=-%287%2F5%29x%2B25%29

Answer by MathTherapy(10552) About Me  (Show Source):
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When you drive home from the school the number of miles you are away from home depends on the number of minutes you have been driving. When you are 11 miles from home you have been driving for 10 minutes and when you are 8 miles from home you have been driving 15 minutes.
I Need an equation expressing the of miles you are from home (y) in terms of the number of minutes since you left the school (x) 
Equation depicting situation: highlight_green%28y+=+-%283%2F5%29x+%2B+17%29