document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=235444>Question 235444</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> This is a word problem, I am terrible with word problems.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " After leaving Moose Jaw, Hanson drove<BR>\n" );
document.write( "200 kilometers at x km/hr and then decreased his speed by<BR>\n" );
document.write( "20 km/hr and drove 240 additional kilometers. Make a table<BR>\n" );
document.write( "like the one in Exercise 87.Write a rational expression for<BR>\n" );
document.write( "his total traveling time. Evaluate the expression for x = 100.ms. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #173595 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josmiceli><B>josmiceli(19441)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josmiceli><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=josmiceli><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=173595\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Each change requires a different<BR>\n" );
document.write( "equation because a change will make <BR>\n" );
document.write( "the graph of <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=d+=+r%2At ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"d+=+r%2At\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > a different<BR>\n" );
document.write( "straight line<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1st part of trip:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2nd part of trip:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This is 2 equations and 2 unknowns, so<BR>\n" );
document.write( "it's solvable<BR>\n" );
document.write( "My tip for word problems is: A small amount of time<BR>\n" );
document.write( "spent really thinking about what's going on in<BR>\n" );
document.write( "general is worth doing a hundred problems.<BR>\n" );
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