document.write( "Question 505888: Jennie left home on her bicycle for a long distance ride. Pam left 3 hours later on her motorcycle carrying her lunch. Pam traveled at 42 mph and caught jeannie in 1.5 hours. How fast was jeannie traveling? \n" ); document.write( "

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Jennie left home on her bicycle for a long distance ride.
\n" ); document.write( "Pam left 3 hours later on her motorcycle carrying her lunch.
\n" ); document.write( " Pam traveled at 42 mph and caught jeannie in 1.5 hours.
\n" ); document.write( " How fast was jeannie traveling?
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\n" ); document.write( "let j = J's speed
\n" ); document.write( "When P catches J, they will have traveled the same distance
\n" ); document.write( "write a dist equation; dist = speed * time
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\n" ); document.write( "J's travel time is 3 hrs longer than P's (4.5 hrs)
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\n" ); document.write( "4.5j = 1.5(42)
\n" ); document.write( "4.5j = 63
\n" ); document.write( "j = $\"63%2F4.5\"$
\n" ); document.write( "j = 14 mph is J's speed
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\n" ); document.write( "We can confirm this by finding the distance each traveled, it should be equal
\n" ); document.write( "42*1.5 = 63 mi
\n" ); document.write( "14*4.5 = 63 mi
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