document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=279165>Question 279165</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Two cars leave the same town at the same time, traveling in the same direction.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "How long until the two cars are 120 apart if one car travels at 44 mph, and the other car travels at 60 mph? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "How long until the two cars are 120 apart if one car travels at 44 mph, and the other car travels at 60 mph?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Slower Car DATA:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "rate = 44 mph ; distance = x miles ; time = x/44 hrs.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Faster Car DATA:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "rate = 60 mph ; distance = x + 120 miles ; time = (x+120)/60 hrs<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "time = time <BR>\n" );
document.write( "x/44 = (x+120)/60<BR>\n" );
document.write( "60x = 44x + 44*120<BR>\n" );
document.write( "16x = 5280<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 330 miles<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Time = 330/44 = 7.5 hrs.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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