Distance Traveled At noon a bicyclist is 50 miles from home, riding toward home at 10 miles per hour.
(a) Make a table that shows the bicyclist’s distance D from home after 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 hours.
(b) Write a formula that calculates the distance D from home after x hours.
(c) Use your formula to determine D when x = 3 hours. Does your answer agree with the value shown in your table?
(d) For what times was the bicyclist at least 20 miles from home? Assume that 0 # x # 5.

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Distance Traveled At noon a bicyclist is 50 miles from home, riding toward home at 10 miles per hour.
(a) Make a table that shows the bicyclist’s distance D from home after 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 hours.
(b) Write a formula that calculates the distance D from home after x hours.
(c) Use your formula to determine D when x = 3 hours. Does your answer agree with the value shown in your table?
(d) For what times was the bicyclist at least 20 miles from home? Assume that 0 # x # 5.

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