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document.write( "Chuck and Dana agree to meet in chicago for the weekend. Chuck travels 114 miles in the same time that Dana travels 96 miles. If Chuck's rate of travel is 6 mph more than Dana's, then at what rate does chuck travel? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Chuck travels 114 miles in the same time that Dana travels 96 miles. If Chuck's rate of travel is 6 mph more than Dana's, then at what rate does chuck travel?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Chuck distance (x+6)t = 114<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Dana distance xt = 96<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "xt+6t = 114<BR>\n" );
document.write( "xt = 96<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Substitute and solve for \"t\":<BR>\n" );
document.write( "96 + 6t = 114<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6t = 18<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t = 3 hrs<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Chuck rate: 114/(3) = 38 mph<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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