SOLUTION: Katie was already 83 kilometers south of Chicago when she started to drive further south at a speed of 86 kilometers per hour. Let h represent the number of hours since Katie star

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Question 1087173: Katie was already 83 kilometers south of Chicago when she started to drive further south at a speed of 86 kilometers per hour.
Let h represent the number of hours since Katie started to drive further south and k represent the number of kilometers she is south of Chicago. Complete the equation that represents the relationship between h and k.
k=

Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
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+k+-+83+=+86h+
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Suppose she drives until she is
169 km south of Chicago
+169+-+83+=+86h+
+86+=+86h+
+h+=+1+
She has driven for 1 hr
at 86 km/hr