document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=501037>Question 501037</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a motorist drove 150 miles on a country roads before driving 50 miles on a mountain roads. The rate of speed on the country roads was three times the rate on the mountain roads. The time spend traveling was 200 miles was 5 hours. Find the rate of the motorist on the country roads </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The rate of speed on the country roads was three times the rate on the mountain roads.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " The time spend traveling was 200 miles was 5 hours.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " Find the rate of the motorist on the country roads<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let s = his speed on mountain road<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3s = his speed on country roads<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Write a time equation; time = dist / speed<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Country Rd time + Mtn Rd time = 5 hrs<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=150%2F%283s%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"150%2F%283s%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > + <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=50%2Fs ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"50%2Fs\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "reduce the 1st fraction<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=50%2Fs ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"50%2Fs\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > + <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=50%2Fs ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"50%2Fs\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=100%2Fs ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"100%2Fs\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5s = 100<BR>\n" );
document.write( "s = 20 mph in the mts<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2(20) = 60 mph on the country roads<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Check by finding the actual time on each<BR>\n" );
document.write( "150/60 = 2.5 hrs<BR>\n" );
document.write( "50/20 = 2.5 hrs<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "total time 5 hrs<BR>\n" );
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