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document.write( "*Note: both cars will have traveled the same distance. d = r*t
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document.write( "second car takes 7hrs. first car takes 5hrs to travel this distance
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document.write( "letting x reperesent the speed of the second car
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document.write( "60mph*7hr = x * 5hr
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document.write( "60mph*7/5=x
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document.write( "x = 84mph \n" );
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