A train traveling south leaves the station at a constant rate of 62 kilometers per hour. A second train traveling north leaves the station at the same time traveling at a constant rate of 68 kilometers per hour. How many hours after the trains leave will they be 455 kilometers apart?

look at the picture.

y-intercept for the function on a picture is 4 → point (0, 4).

y-intercept for the function

is for x = 0. substitute:

y-intercept is 8 → point (0, 8).

emily solved for a part when she should have solved for the whole. 875,000 should be the numerator of the equivalent ratio. 70 x 12,500 is 875,000. so the answer is 100 x 12,500 which is 1,250,000.