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Write an expression that represents Reggie's total distance fromthe airport h hours after reaching the highway.d=55h-10On the Back!Chrissy had 4 gallons of gas in her tank when she arrived at thegas station. She pumped gas into her car at a rate of io gallon persecond. How many gallons of gas were in the tank after s seconds?4.

Write an expression that represents Reggie's total distance fromthe airport h hours-example-1

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At the gas station, Chrissy already has 4 gallons of gas, and she pumped gas at rate of 3/10 per second, so at s seconds she has:


\text{gas}=4+(3)/(10)s

In the equation above, the 4 is the initial amount of gas in the car (4 gallons) and the other term is the gallons pre second she pumped.

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