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At a constant speed, is the time to drive from Long Island to Albany, NY, proportional, or inversely proportional, to the speed? Explain. At 55 mph, it takes 3.5 hours to make the trip. Write a formula for the relationship and find how fast you would have to drive to get to Albany in 3 hours.

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Recall:

  • If yy is proportional to xx, we write

y=kxy=kx

An increase in xx causes an increase in y.y.

  • If yy is inversely proportional to xx, we write

y=kxy=\frac{k}{x}

An increase in xx causes an decrease in y.y.

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