Question

A construction crew is lengthening a road. The road started with a length of 56 miles, and the crew is adding 3 miles to the road each day. Let L represent the total length of the road (in miles), and let D represent the number of days the crew has worked. Write an equation relating L to D. Then use this equation to find the total length of the road after the crew has worked 33 days.

Answer 1

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Explanation:

The initial length of the road was 56. 56 is the y-intercept assuming that the graph of this function is a line.

so the equation is:

y= mx+56

m is the slope of the function wich is by how much the function grows.

By analogy, m is the distance added to the road each day.

● y= 3x+56

X is the number of days.

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To find the length of the road after 33 days, replace x by 33.

y= 3*33+56 = 155

So after 33 days the road is 155 miles.