SOLUTION: Please help me answer this question. Hudson is already 40 miles away from home on his drive back to college he is driving 65 mph. Write an equation that models the total distance

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Question 1045962: Please help me answer this question. Hudson is already 40 miles away from home on his drive back to college he is driving 65 mph. Write an equation that models the total distance d traveled after h hours. What is the graph the equation.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I'll take a shot at it.
It seems like they want +d+=+40+ mi at +t+=+0+
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The equation would be:
+d+=+65t+%2B+40+
check:
+t+=+0+
+d+=+65%2A0+%2B+40+
+d+=+40+
OK
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Here's the plot:
+graph%28+400%2C+400%2C+-2%2C+10%2C+-20%2C+200%2C+65x+%2B+40+%29+