document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=224306>Question 224306</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> On average a canada goose can fly 10 mph faster than a great blue heron.  Find their flying speeds if a goose can fly 120 miles in the same time it takes a heron to fly 80 miles. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #167573 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=rapaljer><B>rapaljer(4671)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=rapaljer><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=rapaljer><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=167573\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Let x= speed of great blue heron\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x+10 = speed of Canada goose\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Time of heron = Time of goose\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=80%2Fx=120%2F%28x%2B10%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"80%2Fx=120%2F%28x%2B10%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, then <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=80%28x%2B10%29=120x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"80%28x%2B10%29=120x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "80x+800=120x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "800=40x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=20 mph for the great blue heron<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+10= 30 mph for the Canadian goose\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Check:  120/30= 4 hours  Canadian goose<BR>\n" );
document.write( "80/20 = 4 hours great blue heron.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It checks!!\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "R^2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Dr. Robert J. Rapalje, Retired<BR>\n" );
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