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 #305744 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ankor@dixie-net.com><B>ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ankor@dixie-net.com><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=ankor@dixie-net.com><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=305744\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><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<BR>\n" );
document.write( " the same direction. The Smith family leaves at 8:00am and drives 70mph.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " Because of a luggage malfunction, the Jones family leaves at 10:00 am and drives<BR>\n" );
document.write( " 20% faster than the Smith family in an attempt to catch them.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A. How long will it take the Jones family to catch the Smith family?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let t = travel time of Jones<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(t+2) = travel time of Smith<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Find Jones' speed: 1.2(70) = 84 mph<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "When J catches S, they will have traveled the same distance<BR>\n" );
document.write( "write a distance equation Dist = speed * time<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "84t = 70(t+2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "84t = 70t + 140<BR>\n" );
document.write( "84t - 70t = 140<BR>\n" );
document.write( "14t = 140<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "t = 10 hrs is Jones travel time<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "B.At what time of day will this occur?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10 Am + 10 hrs = 8 Pm<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "C. How far from the starting point will they be when the Jones family catches the Smith Family? <BR>\n" );
document.write( "84 * 10 = 840 mi<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Confirm this by finding the dist of the Smiths<BR>\n" );
document.write( "70 * 12 = 840 mi </SPAN>\n" );
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