document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=459862>Question 459862</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> anybody help me with this 2 questions...having headache....\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a ahip traveling east at 25mph is 10mi from a harbor when another ship leaves the harbor traveling east at 35mph. How long does it take the second ship to catch up to the first ship?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Two cyclist start at the same time from opposite ends of a course that is 51mi long. one cyclist is riding at a rate of 16mph and the second cyclist is riding at a rate of 18mph. How long after they begin will they meet? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #315375 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><B>mananth(16946)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><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=mananth><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=315375\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Ship I speed 25 mph<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Ship II speed 35 mph\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "catch up distance = 10 miles<BR>\n" );
document.write( "catchup speed = 35 -25 = 10 mph<BR>\n" );
document.write( "catchup time = catchup distance / catch up speed<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10/10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=1 hour to catch up\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "cyclist I speed - 16 mph<BR>\n" );
document.write( "cyclist II speed =18 mph\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "riding towards each other.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "combined speed = 34 mph<BR>\n" );
document.write( "distance = 51 miles<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "51/34 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "=1.5 hours </SPAN>\n" );
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