document.write( "Question 324236: Brenda and Randy bicycling across country. Brenda rode 30miles. Traveling 5 miles per hour faster and putting in one hour more, Randy covered twice the distance of Brenda. What is the speed of each cyclist. \n" ); document.write( "
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Rate*Time=Distance
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\n" ); document.write( "Let \"Rb\"=Brenda's rate (speed) and \"Rr\"=Randy's rate.
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\n" ); document.write( "\"Rb%2AT=30\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"T=30%2FRb\"
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\n" ); document.write( "\"Rr%2A%28T%2B1%29=60\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"Rr=Rb%2B5\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"%28Rb%2B5%29%28T%2B1%29=60\"
\n" ); document.write( "Substituting,
\n" ); document.write( "\"%28Rb%2B5%29%2830%2FRb%2BRb%2FRb%29=60\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"%28Rb%2B5%29%2830%2BRb%29=60Rb\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"30Rb%2BRb%5E2%2B150%2B5Rb=60Rb\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"Rb%5E2-25Rb%2B150=0\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"%28Rb-10%29%28Rb-15%29=0\"
\n" ); document.write( "Two solutions:
\n" ); document.write( "\"Rb-10=0\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"Rb=10\"mph
\n" ); document.write( "So then,
\n" ); document.write( "\"Rr=15\"mph
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\n" ); document.write( "\"Rb-15=0\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"Rb=15\"mph
\n" ); document.write( "So then,
\n" ); document.write( "\"Rr=20\"mph
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