document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=47553>Question 47553</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0072549017/algebrahomeworkh>Beginning Algebra</A><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A bus leaves a station at 1 pm., travelling westat an average rate of 44mi/h.  One hour later a second bus leaves the same station, traveling east at a rate of 48mi/h.  At what time will two buses be 274 mi apart?\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 #31388 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josmiceli><B>josmiceli(19441)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josmiceli><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=josmiceli><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=31388\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> You need two stopwatches and each must have a cellphone. The stop watches <BR>\n" );
document.write( "will show what time each started and the elapsed time untill they are<BR>\n" );
document.write( "274 miles apart. With ther cells, they can tell eachother how far they've<BR>\n" );
document.write( "gone from the start.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t = 1st bus time<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t - 1 = 2nd bus time<BR>\n" );
document.write( "44t + 48(t - 1) = 274<BR>\n" );
document.write( "44t + 48t -48 = 274<BR>\n" );
document.write( "92t = 322<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t = 3.5 hours<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This is the elapsed time for the 1st bus when they are 274 miles apart.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1 PM + 3.5 hrs = 4:30 PM answer<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The time on the 2nd stopwatch will show 2.5 hours, and the 2nd bus left<BR>\n" );
document.write( "at 2 PM. So, it got to it's stopping point at<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2 PM + 2.5 hrs = 4:30 PM just as it should (they stop at the same time) </SPAN>\n" );
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