document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=303501>Question 303501</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> at 2:00 p.m. a runner heads north on a highway jogging at 10mph. at 2:30 p.m. a driver heads north on the same highway to pick up the runner. if the car travels at 55 mph, how long will it take the driver to catch the runner? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "at 2:30 p.m. a driver heads north on the same highway to pick up the runner. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "if the car travels at 55 mph, how long will it take the driver to catch the runner?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Runner DATA:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "rate = 10 mph ; time = x hrs ; distance = rt = 10x miles<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Driver DATA:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "55 mph ; time = x-(1/2) hrs ; distance = rt = 55(x-(1/2))<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "distance = distance<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10x = 55(x-(1/2))<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10x = 55x - 27.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "45x = 27.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 0.6111 hrs<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 0.6111(60)= 36 2/3 minutes<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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