document.write( "Question 399194: Caroline covers 1200 miles on her business trip driving on a combination of snowy roads and ice-free ploughed roads one winter. Her average speed on the snowy roads is 40 mph while she maintains 60 mph on the ice-free pavement. If her driving time on the snowy road is 1/4 times that of the ice free road, how many hours has elapsed since Caroline left home?\r
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Caroline covers 1200 miles on her business trip driving on a combination of
\n" ); document.write( " snowy roads and ice-free ploughed roads one winter.
\n" ); document.write( " Her average speed on the snowy roads is 40 mph while she maintains 60 mph on the ice-free pavement.
\n" ); document.write( " If her driving time on the snowy road is 1/4 times that of the ice free road,
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\n" ); document.write( "Let t = time on snowy roads
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\n" ); document.write( "4t = time on clear roads
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\n" ); document.write( "Write a distance equation: Dist = speed * time
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\n" ); document.write( "snow dist + clear dist = 1200 miles
\n" ); document.write( "40t + 60(4t) = 1200
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\n" ); document.write( "this is the equation, her total time would be 5t, wouldn't it
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