document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=259109>Question 259109</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I need help showing my daughter how to solve a word problem.. She needs to put it in a table...    The problem is ... What is the rate of 2 cars traveling in the same direction if they leave the same place at the same time. The rate of one car is twice as fast as the other and after 4 hours the faster car is 80 miles ahead of the slower car.  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "rt=d<BR>\n" );
document.write( "rate*time =distance<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=2y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x=4y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "after 4 hours y goes 4y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x=80+(4y)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x=80+2x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x=80<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=40 mph<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=2y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "40=2y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=20 mph<BR>\n" );
document.write( "check<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4*40=160<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4*20=80<BR>\n" );
document.write( "160-80=80<BR>\n" );
document.write( "ok </SPAN>\n" );
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