document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=488673>Question 488673</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A long distance trucker traveled 180 miles in one direction during a snow storm. The return trip in rainy weather was accompolished at double spped and took 3 hours less time. Find the speed going?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The speed going was ____mph </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The speed going was ____mph\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let the trucker’s speed in the snow storm be S<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then time taken to do the trip in the snow storm  = 180/S\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The trucker’s speed on the return trip = 2S (double the speed in the snow storm)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then the time taken to do the return trip = 180/2S, or 90/S\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since the trip in the snow storm took longer than the trip in the rain, then we can say that:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "180/S – 3 = 90/S<BR>\n" );
document.write( "180 – 3S = 90 ------- Multiplying by LCD, S<BR>\n" );
document.write( "– 3S = - 90\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "S, or speed in snow storm = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28-+90%29%2F-+3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28-+90%29%2F-+3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > or <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight_green%2830_mph%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight_green%2830_mph%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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