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Odysseus found that his troubles varied directly as his distance from his home island of Ithaca. If he had 20 troubles when he was 400 miles from home,how many troubles did he have when he was only 60 miles from home?

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trouble varies directly as distance
lets say t=trouble and d=distance
t=kd
k is constant

given
when t=20, and d=400
find k
20=400k
divide by 400 both sides
1/20=k



t=(1/20)d

given, d=60
find t

t=(1/20)60
t=60/20
t=3

3 troubles

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