document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=52678>Question 52678</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> To whm may it concern,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I have tried but still didn't managed to solve it.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Two men, P and Q, start at the same point and travel in opposite directions by motorcycle. The speed at which P travels is 4km/h faster than that of Q’s.  After 5 hours, they are 580 km apart.  Find the speed in km/h at which P travels.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #35145 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=funmath><B>funmath(2933)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=funmath><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=35145\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Distance = rate * time or d=rt<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Because P and Q are traveling opposite of each other we add their distances to get the 580 km.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If the rate that Q travels is r, then the rate that P travels is r+4.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The time that they both traveled is 5.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Therefore, the distance that P traveled is 5(r+4)  and the distance that Q traveled is 5r.  So our equation to solve is:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5(r+4)+5r=580<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5r+20+5r=580<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10r+20=580<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10r+20-20=580-20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10r=560<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10r/10=560/10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "r=56 km/h  This is the rate that Q traveled.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The rate that P traveled is r+4=56+4=60 km/h </SPAN>\n" );
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