document.write( "Question 186450This question is from textbook Thinking Mathematically
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\n" ); document.write( "New York City and Washington D.C. are about 240 miles apart. A car leaves NYC at noon traveling directly south toward Washington, D.C. at 55 miles per hour. At the same time and along the same route, a second car leaves Washington, D.C. bound for NYC traveling directly north at 45 miles per hour. How far has each car traveled when the drivers meet for lunch at 2:24 p.m.?
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Let put x the distance the driver from NYC drive to have lunch at 12:24pm
\n" ); document.write( "Let put y the distance the driver from Wash.DC drive to have lunch at 12:24pm
\n" ); document.write( "we have the equation as follows:
\n" ); document.write( " x/55 = y/45 ...... (1)
\n" ); document.write( "then we have x+y = 240 .........(2)
\n" ); document.write( "From (1) we have x=55y/45 and 55y/45 + y =240
\n" ); document.write( "or 55y+ 45y = 240*45=10,800
\n" ); document.write( "then 100y = 10,800
\n" ); document.write( " y= 108 miles
\n" ); document.write( "===========> x=240-108=132 x=132 miles
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