Manuel spends the weekend with friends who live 385 miles from his home. After his visit, he drives back home at an average rate of 55 miles per hour. Let x represent the time spent driving, in hours, and let y represent Manuel's distance from home, in miles.

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Vicente Sanders

20 July, 12:16

Manuel spends the weekend with friends who live 385 miles from his home. After his visit, he drives back home at an average rate of 55 miles per hour. Let x represent the time spent driving, in hours, and let y represent Manuel's distance from home, in miles.

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Gavin Moody · Answer 1

He drives 55 miles per hour for x hours. You want to multiply the number of hours by his speed, so you have 55x.

Then you want to subtract that from the total miles he has to drive.

The equation is Y = 385 - 55x