document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=524114>Question 524114</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> At 1:00 p.m. a car leaves St. Louis for Chicago,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "traveling at a constant speed of 65 miles per hour. At<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2:00 p.m. a truck leaves Chicago for St. Louis,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "traveling at a constant speed of 55 miles per hour. If it<BR>\n" );
document.write( "is a 305-mile drive between St. Louis and Chicago, at<BR>\n" );
document.write( "what time will the car and truck pass each other? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " At 2:00 p.m. a truck leaves Chicago for St. Louis, traveling at a constant speed of 55 miles per hour.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " If it is a 305-mile drive between St. Louis and Chicago, at what time will the car and truck pass each other?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let t = travel time of the car<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(t-1) = travel time of the truck<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Write a distance equation, dist = speed * time<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "When they meet, the sum of their distance traveled will be 305 mi<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Car dist + Truck dist = 305 mi<BR>\n" );
document.write( "65t + 55(t-1) = 305<BR>\n" );
document.write( "65t + 55t - 55 = 305<BR>\n" );
document.write( "65t + 55t = 305 + 55<BR>\n" );
document.write( "120t = 360<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t = 360/120<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t = 3 hrs<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Find the time of the meeting: 1:00 + 3:00 = 4 PM<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Confirm this, find the distance each traveled<BR>\n" );
document.write( "65(3) = 195 mi<BR>\n" );
document.write( "55(2) = 110 mi<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "tot dist:305 mi <BR>\n" );
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