document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=414434>Question 414434</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Bay City and Vernonville are 168 miles apart. A car leaves Bay City traveling towards Vernonville, and another car leaves Vernonville at the same time, traveling towards Bay City. The car leaving Bay Caity averages 10 mph more than the other, and they meet after 1 hour and 36 minutes. What are the average speeds of the cars? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " A car leaves Bay City traveling towards Vernonville, and another car leaves<BR>\n" );
document.write( " Vernonville at the same time, traveling towards Bay City.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " The car leaving Bay City averages 10 mph more than the other, and they meet after 1 hour and 36 minutes.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " What are the average speeds of the cars?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Change 1 hr 36 min to 1.6 hrs, (36/60)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let s = speed of the Bay City car<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(s-10) = speed of the Vern car<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "When the two cars meet, they will have traveled a total of 168 mi<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Write a distance equation; dist = time * speed<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1.6s + 1.6(s-10) = 168<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1.6s + 1.6s - 16 = 168<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3.2s = 168 + 16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3.2s = 184<BR>\n" );
document.write( "s = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=184%2F3.2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"184%2F3.2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "s = 57.5 mph speed of the Bay City car<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then, obviously; 47.5 mph is the speed of the other car<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Check this by finding the total of the distances<BR>\n" );
document.write( "57.5 * 1.6 = 92 mi<BR>\n" );
document.write( "47.5 * 1.6 = 76 mi<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "total dist: 168 mi </SPAN>\n" );
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