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develop a linear model for this problem. plane is currently 3000km from its distance, traveling at a constant speed of 900km h(-1). develope a linear model for the distance d remaining after T hours of travel. interpret the d- intercept and the T intercept and state a reasonable domain and range for your model

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Okay, here we have this:

Considering the provided information, we are going to find the required linear model, then we have:

So let us recall that a linear model has the following form: y=mx+b. Where b represents the intercept with the x axis, in our case it will be the initial distance. And m is the slope, that is, the change in distance per unit of time, therefore substituting we find the following function:

d=-900T+3000

Where d represents the distance traveled and T the hours of travel.

So now let's interpret the intercepts:

d-intercept: (0, 3000), This intercept tells us that when he started keeping track of the hours he was 3,000 kilometers from his point of arrival.

T-intercept: For this we are going to replace in the function with the distance equal to 0, to know how many hours it takes to reach its destination:

d=-900T+3000

0=-900T+3000

-900T=-3000

T=-3000/-900

T=10/3

So we have that the intercept with T is: (10/3, 0), and it represents that it will take 10/3 hours to reach its destination.

Finally let's identify the range and domain for our system:

Domain: Then the domain corresponds to the possible values that T can take, in this case it would be: [0, 10/3]. And it represents that time can only be taken from 0 to the moment they arrive.

Range: The range corresponds to all the possible values that the remaining distance can take, so we have: [0, 3000]. This means that the distance cannot be greater than 3000, nor less than 0.

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