document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=205685>Question 205685</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A car travels from one town to another town at a speed of 18mph. If it had gone 18mph faster,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "it could've made the trip in a half hour less time. How far a part are the towns? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " If it had gone 18mph faster, it could've made the trip in a half hour less time.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " How far a part are the towns?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "let d = dist between towns<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Write a time equation: time = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=dist%2Fspeed ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"dist%2Fspeed\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Actual speed time = 18 mph faster time + half hr<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=d%2F18 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"d%2F18\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=d%2F36 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"d%2F36\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > + <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "multiply equation by 36, results<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2d = d + 18<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2d - d = 18<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d = 18 min between towns<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Check solution find the times<BR>\n" );
document.write( "18/18 = 1 hr<BR>\n" );
document.write( "18/36 = .5 hr<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "diff = .5 hr </SPAN>\n" );
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