document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=149080>Question 149080</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> going skiing.  Leon drove 270 miles to the lodge in the same time as Pat drove 330 miles to the lodge.  If Pat drove 10 miles per hour faster than Leon, then how fast did each of them drive? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let s = Leon's speed<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(s+10) = Pat's speed<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Write a time equation: Time = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=dist%2Fspeed ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"dist%2Fspeed\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Leon's time = Pat's time<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=270%2Fs ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"270%2Fs\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=330%2F%28%28s%2B10%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"330%2F%28%28s%2B10%29%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Cross multiply:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "330s = 270(s+10)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "330s = 270s + 2700<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "330s - 270s = 2700<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "60s = 2700<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "s = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2700%2F60 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2700%2F60\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "s = 45 mph is Leon's speed<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "55 mph is Pat's speed<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Check solution; confirm that the times are equal<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(330)/55 = 6 hrs<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(270)/45 = 6 hrs  </SPAN>\n" );
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