The Augello family is driving from Columbus to St. Louis at a constant rate of 65 miles per hour. The distance between the two cities is 420 miles. Write an equation in slope-intercept form to represent the distance y in miles remaining after driving x hours.

The equation in slope intercept form is

A linear function is a function whose value changes at a constant rate.

The given parameters are:

A linear function is represented as:

Where

So, the function becomes

Hence, the equation in slope intercept form is

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Step-by-step explanation:

Slope-intercept form equation is given as

Where,

y = distance remaining

x = hours driven

m = slope/constant rate. In this case, the value of m would be -65. This means the distance will reduce at a constant rate of 65 miles per hour.

b = y-intercept, which is the initial value or the distance between the cities = 420

Plug in the values into the slope-intercept equation, to represent the distance y in miles remaining after driving x hours. You would have:

the 4th choice is the correct one

step-by-step explanation:

let's cover over the formula of the vertex:

y = a(x – h)^2 + k

in this formula, (h,k) are the vertex, always remember that the positive or negative value of the vertex is based on the sign it has.

for example, if the vertex is -3,-6 then both the x and y value would have the positive sign attached to it and if it were a positive x and y value, then a negative sign would be attached to it.

with that being said, for our problem the x value is a positive one so we are looking for a number with a negative sign next to it, in this case the first and second choice.

however, for the first answer choice it isn't quite part of the formula so we know that the answer choice correctly displays the x value.

to confirm, we can see if the -1 fits correctly with the second answer choice, and as mentioned above a negative number will have a positive sign attached to it. so, for our problem we can see that -1 has been changed to +1, so we can confirm that the second answer choice is correct.

hence, our final answer is y=(x - 1)^2 + 1