document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=37855>Question 37855</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A ship travels the 200 mile route from kearney to Omaha at an average rate of 40 miles per hour. The ship reaches Omaha at 1 p.m. What time did it leave Fort Kearney? (Assume the ship did not cross any time zones.)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Dont ask me I have no clue our teacher never taught us how to work these questions out....Sorry </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #23371 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=fractalier><B>fractalier(6550)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=fractalier><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=fractalier><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=23371\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Just remember distance = rate times time.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If the distance is 200 miles and the rate is 40 mph, we have<BR>\n" );
document.write( "200 = 40t<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Thus t = 5 hours.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If it reaches Omaha at 1 pm, it must have left 5 hours earlier, at 8 am. </SPAN>\n" );
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