document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=373781>Question 373781</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> During a trip to Valdosta from Alabama, a couple went one third of the way by car, 40 miles by bicycle and one sixth of the journey on foot. How long was the trip?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Sol'n:<BR>\n" );
document.write( " let x - the total distance travel<BR>\n" );
document.write( " x/3 + 40 + x/6 = x<BR>\n" );
document.write( " x (1-1/3-1/6) = 40<BR>\n" );
document.write( " 0.5x = 40<BR>\n" );
document.write( "  x = 40/0.5)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "  x = 80 miles----answer<BR>\n" );
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