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Can anyone help me with number 50? I have to explain it to my little brother. Thank you so much!!

Can anyone help me with number 50? I have to explain it to my little brother. Thank-example-1
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Answer: (1)
d = 25t+240\,,\,\,0\leq t\leq 6; (2) 340 miles. See details below.

Step-by-step explanation:

The key here is to know that given the speed and time traveled you can determine the (distance traveled) as (speed) x (time).

They want us to keep the time traveled for the first part of the journey as a variable, so let us do that. The speed during the first part is 65mph, so the distance for the first part is


d_1 = 65 \cdot t

Knowin that the total ride was 6 hours, the distance in the second part (with speed of 40 mph) is as follows:


d_2 = 40 \cdot (6-t)

So the total distance in terms of t is:


d = d_1 +d_2 = 65\cdot t + 40\cdot (6-t)=65t-40t+240\\d = 25t+240\,,\,\,0\leq t\leq 6

(this is the answer to the first question). Note that t can range form 0 to 6 hours but outside of this range the expression is not applicable.

If we know t=4 hours:


d = 25\cdot4+240=340

The answer to the second question is 340 miles.

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