document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=182256>Question 182256</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> five friends drove at an average rate of 50 miles per hour to a weekend retreat. On the way home, they took the same route but averaged 75 miles per hour. What was the distance between home and the retreat if the round trip took 10 hours? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let the time to travel to the retreat be <i>t</i> hours, then the time to return from the retreat must be 10 - <i>t</i>.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Knowing that distance equals rate times time:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \text{          }\math d = rt\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We can write, for the trip to the retreat:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \text{          }\math d = 50t\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "And for the return trip:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \text{          }\math d = 75(10 - t)\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "But since the distances are equal, we can write:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \text{          }\math 50t = 75(10 - t)\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve this equation for <i>t</i> and then substitute this value in:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \text{          }\math d = 50t\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "to get the required distance.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
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