document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=467509>Question 467509</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a moving sidewalk at an airport glides at a rate of 1.2 feet per second. Walking on the moving sidewalk, you travel 120 feet forward in the same time it takes to travel 24 feet in the opposite direction. What is your walking speed on the nonmoving sidewalk? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #320778 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=320778\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> walking speed		x	ft/s				<BR>\n" );
document.write( "sidewalk speed		1.2	ft/s				<BR>\n" );
document.write( "..							<BR>\n" );
document.write( "against sidewalk   		x	-	1.2	ft/s		<BR>\n" );
document.write( "with sidewalk 	x   	+	1.2	ft/s		<BR>\n" );
document.write( "							<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Distance against 	sidewalk	24					<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Distance with 	sidewalk	120					<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Time = same							<BR>\n" );
document.write( "24	/(x-	1.2	)=	120	/(x+	1.2	)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "24	*(x+	1.2	)=	120	*(x-	1.2	)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "24	x  	+	28.8	=	120	x	-144<BR>\n" );
document.write( "120	x  	-24	x   	=	144	+	28.8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "96	x  	=	172.8				<BR>\n" );
document.write( "/	96						<BR>\n" );
document.write( "	x=	1.8	ft/s				<BR>\n" );
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