document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=27691>Question 27691</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Kathryn drove her rig 3 hours before dawn and 5 hours after dawn. If her average speed was 4 miles per hour more in the dark and she covered 500 miles altogether, then what was her speed after dawn in miles per hour?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #15082 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Paul><B>Paul(988)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-11.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Paul><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=15082\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 3x+5(x+4)=500<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x+5x+20=500<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8x=480<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=60\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hence, the speed after dawn was 60mph.<BR>\n" );
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