document.write( "Question 273606: James and Javier each go on separate trips with Javier driving twice as fast as James. James travels for 3 hours while Javier travels for 2 hours. They drive a total of 280 miles. How fast does Javier drive? \n" ); document.write( "
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James and Javier each go on separate trips with Javier driving twice as fast as James. James travels for 3 hours while Javier travels for 2 hours. They drive a total of 280 miles. How fast does Javier drive?\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Javier travels 2x\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "James travels 3 hours so distance traveled by him is 3x\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Javier travels for 2 hours so he travels 2*2x miles = 4x \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "4x+3x=280\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "7x=280
\n" ); document.write( "x=40 which is james speed.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Javier's speed =80 mph\r
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