document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=443214>Question 443214</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The Smith family and the Jones family are next-door neighbors and are driving to Las Vegas in separate cars for vacation. They are traveling on the same road in the same direction. The Smith family leaves at 8:00am and drives 70mph. Because of a luggage malfunction, the Jones family leaves at 10:00 am and drives 20% faster than the Smith family in an attempt to catch them.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A. How long will it take the Jones family to catch the Smith family?   12 hrs<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B.At what time of day will this occur?                                                         8 pm<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C. How far from the starting point will they be when the Jones family catches the Smith Family?  840 miles<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I cannot figure out how to write the equation I figured out the answers on a bar graph </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #305743 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=rwm><B>rwm(914)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-11.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=rwm><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=305743\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Where did they start from? LA isn't that far away!<BR>\n" );
document.write( "r*t=d<BR>\n" );
document.write( "70*(t+2)=d<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1.2*70*t=d<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the distance will be the same so we set them equal<BR>\n" );
document.write( "70*(t+2)=1.2*70*t<BR>\n" );
document.write( "divide by 70<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t+2=1.2t<BR>\n" );
document.write( "subtract t<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2=.2t<BR>\n" );
document.write( "divide by 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1=.1t<BR>\n" );
document.write( "multiply by 10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10=t<BR>\n" );
document.write( "check\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "70*12=1.2*70*10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "70*12=12*70<BR>\n" );
document.write( "ok<BR>\n" );
document.write( "it took ten hours for the jones to catch the smiths. The smiths traveled 12 hours but the jones only 10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "everything else is correct<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the jones travelled at 84 mph </SPAN>\n" );
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