Rita drove an average of 55 mi/h on her trip to the mountains.
you can use the expression 55h to find out how many miles she
drove in h hours. if she drove for 5 hours, how many miles did
she drive?

Rita drove 275 miles in 5 hours

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

Average speed at which Rita drove = 55 mi/h

Expression to find the distance driven by Rita in hours isgiven as:

To find the distance driven by Rita in 5 hours.

Solution:

In order to find the distance driven by Rita in 5 hours we will plugin in the expression given to calculate the distance driven by Rita.

Thus, distance traveled by Rita in 5 hours can be calculated as:

⇒

⇒ (Answer)

[see graph]

Step-by-step explanation:

I will be using the x and y-intercepts.

(-4, 0)

(0 ,-3)

Hope this helps.