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document.write( "Jill is 22.5 kilometers away from Joe. Both begin to walk toward each other at the same time. Jill walks at 1.5 km/hr. they meet in 5 hours.  How fast is Joe walking?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "roberto invested some money at 6%, and then invested $4000 more than twice this amount at 11%.  His total annual income from the two investments was $3800. How much was invested at 11%?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A woman has $1.70 in dimes and nickels. She has 2 more dimes than nickels. How many nickels does she have?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #2256 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=longjonsilver><B>longjonsilver(2297)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=longjonsilver><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=longjonsilver><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=2256\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 1.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "just think about this in a cool, logical manner :-)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "They both start at the same time and meet after 5 hours, so if Jill walked at 1.5km every hour, in 5 hours she has gone 5*1.5 --> 7.5km.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So, Joe must have covered the rest of the 22.5km, because they have met. So he travelled 22.5-7.5 = 15km in 5 hours, so this speed is 15/5 --> 3 km/h.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "How was that?\r<BR>\n" );
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