document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=364834>Question 364834</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A runner decides to run out in the country.  He begins to run at an average rate of 9 miles per hour.  He runs a certain distance and then turns around and returns along the same route at an average rate of 6 miles per hour. If the round trip took two and a half hours, how far did the runner travel before turning around? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " He begins to run at an average rate of 9 miles per hour.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " He runs a certain distance and then turns around and returns along the same<BR>\n" );
document.write( " route at an average rate of 6 miles per hour.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " If the round trip took two and a half hours, how far did the runner travel<BR>\n" );
document.write( " before turning around?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let d = one-way distance (point of turning around)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Write a time equation: Time = dist/speed<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "outbound time + return time = 2.5 hrs<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=d%2F9 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"d%2F9\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > + <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=d%2F6 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"d%2F6\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 2.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Multiply by 18 to clear the denominators, results:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2d + 3d = 18(2.5)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5d = 45<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=45%2F5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"45%2F5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "d = 9 miles out in the country before turning around.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "See if that's true<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<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;\" > + <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;\" > = <BR>\n" );
document.write( "1 + 1.5 = 2.5 </SPAN>\n" );
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