document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=38971>Question 38971</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> From Hanover, New Hampshire to Albany, New York is 5 miles farther than from Albany to Burlington, Vermont. From Burlington to Hanover is 45 miles less than from Burlington to Albany. What are the distances between the places if a circuit of the three is 392 miles?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #24422 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=24422\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Call the cities H, A and B.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let the distance from A to B be x.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Thus the distance from H to A is x + 5.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "And the distance from B to H is x - 45.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Add the three distances and get 392.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So we have<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + (x + 5) + (x - 45) = 392<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x - 40 = 392<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x = 432<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 144<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + 5 = 149<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x - 45 = 99 </SPAN>\n" );
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