document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=364896>Question 364896</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Marie jogs at an average speed of 6 miles per hr for 1.5 hrs along a straight path and then turns around to jog back to her starting point.Marie had scheduled 2.5 hrs to jog the total distance.If Marie is to arrive back exactly on scheduled , at what average speed , in  miles per hrs, must she3 jog back to her starting point? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " path and then turns around to jog back to her starting point.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Marie had scheduled 2.5 hrs to jog the total distance.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If Marie is to arrive back exactly on scheduled, at what average speed, in miles<BR>\n" );
document.write( " per hrs, must she jog back to her starting point?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Find the distance to the point he turns around.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1.5 * 6 = 9 mi<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This is also the distance to the starting point<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2.5 - 1.5 = 1 hr is the time required to return to the starting point<BR>\n" );
document.write( "It's obvious he has to jog at 9 mph, to go 9 mi in 1hr<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Confirm this with a time equation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Write a time equation: time = dist/speed<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=9%2F6 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"9%2F6\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > + <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=9%2F9 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"9%2F9\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 2.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1.5 + 1 = 2.5 </SPAN>\n" );
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