document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=181114>Question 181114</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> two military squads are 26 miles apart. they plan to rendezvous at some intermediate point. if one squad hikes 2/3 mph faster than the other, and they meet in 3 hrs, what is the rate of the faster squad? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " intermediate point. if one squad hikes 2/3 mph faster than the other,<BR>\n" );
document.write( " and they meet in 3 hrs, what is the rate of the faster squad?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let s = the speed of the faster squad<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(s-<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2%2F3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2%2F3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >) = speed of the slow-pokes<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The total dist of both squads = 26 mi, they both travel for 3 hrs:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "write a distance equation dist = time * speed<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3s + 3(s-<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2%2F3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2%2F3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >) = 26<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Multiply what's inside the brackets<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3s + 3s - 2 = 26<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6s = 26 + 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6s = 28<BR>\n" );
document.write( "s = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=28%2F6 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"28%2F6\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "s = 14/3 or 4<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2%2F3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2%2F3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > mph is the speed of the faster squad<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "check solution by finding the dist traveled by each (slower squad = 4 mph)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3 * 4 = 12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3 * <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=14%2F3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"14%2F3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 14 <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Total 26 mi </SPAN>\n" );
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