document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=322987>Question 322987</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A car and a bus leave town at 1 P.M. and head for a town 300 mi away. The rate of the car is twice the rate of the bus. The car arrives 5 h ahead of the bus. Find the rate of the car. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Car DATA:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "distance = 300 mi ; rate = 2x mph ; time = d/r = 300/(2x) hrs<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Bus DATA:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "distance = 300 mi ; rate = x mph ; time = d/r = 300/x hrs<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Bus time - Car time = 5 hrs.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "300/x - 300/(2x) = 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "600 - 300 = 10x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10x = 300<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 30 mph <BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x = 60 mph (rate of the car)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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