document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=333670>Question 333670</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The speedboat traveled at a speed that was twice as fast as the yacht. The speedboat traveled 240 miles in one hour less than it took the yacht to travel 150 miles. What were the speed and time for both the speedboat and the yacht? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " The speedboat traveled 240 miles in one hour less than it took the yacht to travel 150 miles.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " What were the speed and time for both the speedboat and the yacht?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "let s = the speed of the yacht<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2s = the speed of the speedboat<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Write a time equation: Time = dist/speed<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "yacht time - speedboat time = 1 hr<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=150%2Fs ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"150%2Fs\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > - <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=240%2F%282s%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"240%2F%282s%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Multiply by 2s, clears the denominators<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2(150) - 240 = 2s<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "300 - 240 = 2s<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "60 = 2s<BR>\n" );
document.write( "s = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=60%2F2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"60%2F2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "s = 30 mph is the yacht<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2(30) = 60 mph is the speedboat<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Find the times<BR>\n" );
document.write( "150/30 = 5 hrs for yacht<BR>\n" );
document.write( "240/60 = 4 hrs for speedboat<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "differ: 1 hr, confirms our solutions </SPAN>\n" );
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