Homework Help: algebra 1

Posted by sara on Sunday, December 20, 2009 at 12:30am.

You are driving to your sister's house at 55 mph. At one pm, you are 150 miles from her house. Write an equation in the form of y=mx+b that represents the problem.

algebra 1 - wshakl4d, Sunday, December 20, 2009 at 2:34am
Distance to house (y) = -55 x +150
where x is the hours after 1 PM

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