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Arturo and Luna are 220 feet apart when they start walking toward one another. They are walking at the same speed, so whenever Arturo travels some number of feet, Luna travels the same number of feet. Let $x$ represent the number of feet Arturo has traveled since he started walking toward Luna. a. Write an expression in terms of $x$ that represents the number of feet Arturo has walked toward Luna since they started walking.

          Arturo and Luna are 220 feet apart when they start walking toward one another. They are walking at the same speed, so whenever Arturo travels some number of feet, Luna travels the same number of feet. Let $x$ represent the number of feet Arturo has traveled since he started walking toward Luna.
a. Write an expression in terms of $x$ that represents the number of feet Arturo has walked toward Luna since they started walking.
        
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Arturo and Luna are 220 feet apart when they start walking toward one another. They are walking at the same speed, so whenever Arturo travels some number of feet, Luna travels the same number of feet. Let x represent the number of feet Arturo has traveled since he started walking toward Luna.
a. Write an expression in terms of x that represents the number of feet Arturo has walked toward Luna since they started walking.

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Arturo and Luna are 220 feet apart when they start walking toward one another. They are walking at the same speed, so whenever Arturo travels some number of feet, Luna travels the same number of feet. Let x represent the number of feet Arturo has traveled since he started walking toward Luna. a. Write an expression in terms of x that represents the number of feet Arturo has walked toward Luna since they started walking. Arturo and Luna are 220 feet apart when they start walking toward one another. They are walking at the same speed,so whenever Arturo travels some number of feet, Luna travels the same number of feet.Let c represent the number of feet Arturo has traveled since he started walking toward Luna a. Write an expression in terms of x that represents the number of feet Arturo has walked toward Luna since they started walking.
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00:01 In the given problem, let's learn the distance each person walks towards each other by the variable j and p.
00:08 So we have j and p respectively.
00:12 This is the distance.
00:14 These are the distances and this is also distance that each person walked towards each other...
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