document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=339755>Question 339755</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A pilot picks up mail at a remote village and returns to home base in 4 hours. If his average speed going is 150mph and the average speed returning is 100mph, how far is home base from the village? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " If his average speed going is 150mph and the average speed returning is 100mph,<BR>\n" );
document.write( " how far is home base from the village?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let d = one way distance to the village<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Write a time equation: time = dist/speed<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Go time + return time = 4 hrs<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=d%2F150 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"d%2F150\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > + <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=d%2F100 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"d%2F100\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 4 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Multiply by 300 to clear the denominators, results:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2d + 3d = 300(4)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5d = 1200<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1200%2F5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1200%2F5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "d = 240 miles dist from base of village<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Check solution by finding the times:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "240/150 = 1.6 hrs<BR>\n" );
document.write( "240/100 = 2.4 hrs<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "total time: 4 hrs; confirms our solution </SPAN>\n" );
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