document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=435001>Question 435001</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I'm not sure if I am allowed to ask in this way, but i've tried everything and i cannot solve it.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Ten minutes after he left his home, Gerald was 40 miles from his grandmother's house. Then, 22 minutes after he left he was 34 miles from her house. If he was traveling toward his grandmother's home at a constant rate and reached her house after 90 minutes, how far away from her house does he live.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "P.S. I know the answer is \"45 miles\" but I just need to know how it's solved.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #301178 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=stanbon><B>stanbon(75887)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=stanbon><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=301178\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Ten minutes after he left his home, Gerald was 40 miles from his grandmother's house. <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Then, 22 minutes after he left he was 34 miles from her house.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Notice: In 12 minutes he has gone 6 miles.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "His constant rate is distance/time = 6mi/(1/5)hr = 30 mph<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If he was traveling toward his grandmother's home at a constant rate and reached her house after 90 minutes, how far away from her house does he live.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "distance = rate*time<BR>\n" );
document.write( "distance = 30 mph*(3/2)hr = 45 miles<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "P.S. I know the answer is \"45 miles\" but I just need to know how it's solved.<BR>\n" );
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