A boat can travel 66 miles on 11 gallons of gasoline how far can it travel on 41 gallons?
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The absolute value - or distance from zero, is fairly simple to find. Make your final answer positive to find it.
Hi! Basically, the problem is asking us to find the values of a, b, and c in the equation 
. Since we have three unknowns, we just need three equations. We can find these equations by using the data in the table.
First let's plug x = 0 and f(x) = 0.
Now that we know c, it's time to pick two more pairs. Let's plug-in (2,78) and (4,152)
Before proceeding with the process of eliminating one variable, let us first reduce both equations to their lowest terms. We divide the first equation by 2 and we divide the second one by 4.
Next, we subtract equation 2 from equation 1.
Finally, we substitute the value of a to equation 2 to get the value of b.
Therefore, the function should be
First let's plug x = 0 and f(x) = 0.
Now that we know c, it's time to pick two more pairs. Let's plug-in (2,78) and (4,152)
Before proceeding with the process of eliminating one variable, let us first reduce both equations to their lowest terms. We divide the first equation by 2 and we divide the second one by 4.
Next, we subtract equation 2 from equation 1.
Finally, we substitute the value of a to equation 2 to get the value of b.
Therefore, the function should be