document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=353830>Question 353830</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> two cars start from the same place and travel in opposite directions. One runs at an average rate which is 24 kilometers per hour faster than the other.find their rates if after 6hours,they are 702 km apart. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "slower car rate: x km/h<BR>\n" );
document.write( "faster car rate: x+24 km/h<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "They are separating at a rate of x + x+24 = 2x+24 km/h<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "time*rate = distance<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6(2x+24) = 702 km/h<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x+24 = 117<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x = 93<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 46.5 km/h (slower car rate)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+24 = 60.5 km/h (faster car rate)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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