document.write( "Question 443368: On a 40-mile car trip to Middletown, NY, you drive the first twenty miles at 30
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document.write( "miles per hour. How fast will you have to go the last twenty miles in order to
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document.write( "arrive exactly one hour after you left? \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #305843 by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) You can put this solution on YOUR website! On a 40-mile car trip to Middletown, NY, you drive the first twenty miles at 30 miles per hour. \n" ); document.write( " How fast will you have to go the last twenty miles in order to arrive exactly one hour after you left? \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "Let s = speed required to make the trip in one hour \n" ); document.write( "; \n" ); document.write( "Write a time equation. Time = dist/speed \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "1st 20 mi time + 2nd 20 mi time = 1 hour \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "reduce fraction \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "multiply by 3s \n" ); document.write( "2s + 3(20) = 3s \n" ); document.write( "60 = 3s - 2s \n" ); document.write( "s = 60 mph to arrive in 1 hr \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "Check the time \n" ); document.write( "20/30 + 20/60 = 1 \n" ); document.write( " |