document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=23433>Question 23433</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me solve this problem<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " Alex bikes to Joes house at 12mph and returns by car at 36mph. If the entire round trip takes a total of 1 hour, how far from Alex does Joe live? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "distance =?; rate=12mph; time=t<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Comming back data:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "distance =?; rate=36mph; time=1-t<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Formula: d=rt<BR>\n" );
document.write( "EQUATION:<BR>\n" );
document.write( " Going distance = Coming distance<BR>\n" );
document.write( "     12t = 36(1-t)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "     12t = 36-36t<BR>\n" );
document.write( "     48t= 36<BR>\n" );
document.write( "        t = 3/4 hr. (Going time)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Therefore distance =(3/4)(12)= 9 miles<BR>\n" );
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