document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=333635>Question 333635</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Karen left her house heading east, and her sister left two hours later heading west at a rate 5 mph faster than Karen. Six hours after Karen left, she and her sister were 600 miles apart. How fast was Karen moving? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "her sister left two hours later heading west at a rate 5 mph faster than Karen.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " Six hours after Karen left, she and her sister were 600 miles apart. How fast was Karen moving?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Karen speed be x mph<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Karen has traveled 6x miles (in 6 hours)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "sister x+5 mph . <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Sister has traveled 4(x+5) miles. left 2 hours later.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4(x+5)+6x =600<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x+20+6x=600<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10x+20=600<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10x=600-20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10x=580<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x= 58 mph speed of Karen </SPAN>\n" );
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