document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=519747>Question 519747</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A fisherman takes his boat out to sea and then back to the harbor.  The entire trip lasts 8 hours.  If he travels out at 18 mph and follows the same route back at 14 mph.  How many miles does he travel altogether? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " The entire trip lasts 8 hours. If he travels out at 18 mph and follows the same route back at 14 mph.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " How many miles does he travel altogether?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let d = the one-way distance<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Write a time equation, time = dist/speed<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=d%2F18 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"d%2F18\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > + <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=d%2F14 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"d%2F14\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 8 hrs<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Multiply by the LCM of 18 and 14, which is 252:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "252*<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=d%2F18 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"d%2F18\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > + 112*<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=d%2F14 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"d%2F14\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 252(8)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Cancel the denominators: results:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "14d + 18d = 2016<BR>\n" );
document.write( "32d = 2016<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2016%2F32 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2016%2F32\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "d = 63 miles one way<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2(63) = 126 mi altogether <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Check solutions by finding the times<BR>\n" );
document.write( "63/18 = 3.5 hrs<BR>\n" );
document.write( "63/14 = 4.5 hrs<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "total:  8 hrs<BR>\n" );
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