document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=280084>Question 280084</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 3 cars drive 300 miles on a striaght road in the Arizona desert.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Car A excellerates to 50 miles an hour and keeps this speed constantly.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Car B excellerates to 60 miles an hour and keeps this speed constantly but stops twice for 30 mins.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Car C excellerates to 75 miles an hour and keeps this speed constantly but stops once for 2 hours.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "QUESTION ..... What order do the 3 cars finish the 300 mile drive?<BR>\n" );
document.write( " </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #203517 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richwmiller><B>richwmiller(17219)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richwmiller><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=richwmiller><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=203517\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> No idea what \"excellerates\" means. It is not a word. BTW neither is \"striaght\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Perhaps you mean \"accelerates\" and \"straight\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "We are not told if the cars start at the same time or one hour after the other.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "car A<BR>\n" );
document.write( "50x=300 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=6 hrs<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Car B<BR>\n" );
document.write( "60x=300<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=5 hrs +2*30 mins =6 hrs<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Car C<BR>\n" );
document.write( "75x=300<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=4 hrs+ 2 hr=6 hrs\r<BR>\n" );
document.write( "\n" );
document.write( "They all arrive at the same time.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "or Car A arrives first because it didn't have to keep accelerating. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</TD></TR></TABLE>\n" );