document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=550098>Question 550098</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\">  My answer doesn't make any sense, could you please show me how to solve this problem.  A private plane takes 8 hours less to travel 960 km than a car.  If the plane travels 3 times as fast as the car, what is the speed of the plane and the car? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Make this chart\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "          distance   rate    time<BR>\n" );
document.write( "car\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "plane\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let the car's speed (rate) be x<BR>\n" );
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document.write( ">>...the plane travels 3 times as fast as the car...<<<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So the plane's speed (rate) is 3x\r\n" );
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document.write( "Fill these in for the rates, and 960 km for both distances:\r\n" );
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document.write( "          distance   rate    time\r\n" );
document.write( "car          960       x\r\n" );
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document.write( "plane        960      3x\r\n" );
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document.write( "Use <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=TIME=DISTANCE%2FRATE ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"TIME=DISTANCE%2FRATE\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > to fill in the TIMES:\r\n" );
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document.write( "          distance   rate    time\r\n" );
document.write( "car          960       x     <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=960%2Fx ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"960%2Fx\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r\n" );
document.write( "plane        960      3x     <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=960%2F%283x%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"960%2F%283x%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r\n" );
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document.write( "Our equation comes from this:\r\n" );
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document.write( ">>... A private plane takes 8 hours less to travel 960 km than a car...<<<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "       <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28matrix%282%2C1%2C%22Plane%27s%22%2C+time%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28matrix%282%2C1%2C%22Plane%27s%22%2C+time%29%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > =  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28matrix%282%2C1%2C%22Car%27s%22%2C+time%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28matrix%282%2C1%2C%22Car%27s%22%2C+time%29%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >  - 8\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "           <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=960%2F%283x%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"960%2F%283x%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=960%2Fx ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"960%2Fx\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >  - 8\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve that and get x = 80 km/hr for the car and 3 times that or 240 km/hr<BR>\n" );
document.write( "for the plane. </SPAN>\n" );
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