document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=443097>Question 443097</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> please help me solve these problems\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "two motocyles travel toward each other from cities that are about 320km  apart at a rate of 95km/hr and 65 km/hr. They started at the same time.  In how many hours will they meet?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2. Alvin paddles for 4 hours with a 5 km/ hr current to reach a campsite.  The return trip against the same ccurrent took 9 hours.  Find the speed of the boat in still water.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3. A car travels at a speed of 42mph. if it had gone 14mph faster, it could have madi the trip at a half hour less time.  How far apart are he towns? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Add up the speeds <BR>\n" );
document.write( "95+65= 160 km/hr<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Distance = 320 km<BR>\n" );
document.write( "time = 320/160<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=2 hours<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2. Alvin paddles for 4 hours with a 5 km/ hr current to reach a campsite.  The return trip against the same ccurrent took 9 hours.  Find the speed of the boat in still water.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3. A car travels at a speed of 42mph. if it had gone 14mph faster, it could have madi the trip at a half hour less time.  How far apart are he towns?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "let distance be x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x/42-x/56= 0.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "56x-42x=0.5 * 42*56<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=84 mi </SPAN>\n" );
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