document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=47677>Question 47677</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0618503072/algebrahomeworkh>Introductory  Algebra</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A car and a bus leave a town at 1 pm and head for a town 300 miles away. The rate of the car is twice the rate of the bus. The car arrives 5 hours ahead of the bus. Find the rate of the car. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Bus DATA:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "distance=300 mi; rate = x mi/hr; time=d/r = (300/x) hr.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Car DATA:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "distance=300 mi; rate = rate = 2x mi/hr ; time = d/r = 300(2x) hr.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "EQUATIOn:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "car time = bus time - 5 hr.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "300/2x = 300/x - 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Divide thru by 300 to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1/2x = 1/x - 1/60<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Multiply thru by 2x to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1 = 2 - x/30<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-1=-x/30<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=30<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x=60 mph (The rate of the car)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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