document.write( "Question 325879: Mary drove from amity to belleville at a speed of 50mi/h. On the way back, she drove at 60mi/h. The total trip took 4 hours and 24 minutesof driving time. What is the distance between these two cities? \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Let represent the distance between the two cities. Let represent the amount of time she drove 50 mph. Then since 4 hours 24 minutes equals 4.4 hours, represents the amount of time driven at 60 mph.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "describes the inbound trip, and, unless somebody picked Amity up and moved it while she was on the road or in Belleville, . Therefore:\r
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