document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=556832>Question 556832</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A bicycle leaves town at 16 mph at 8 AM. A car leaves at 11 AM traveling the same direction at 45 mph. How many minutes after 11 AM is it when the car overtakes the bicycle? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Bike DATA:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "rate = 16 mph ; time = x hrs ; distance = 16x miles<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Car DATA:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "rate = 45 mph ; time = x-3 hrs ; distance = 45x-135 miles<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "distance = distance <BR>\n" );
document.write( "16x = 45x -135<BR>\n" );
document.write( "29x = 135<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 4.66 hrs<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x-3 = 1.66 hrs = 99.31 minutes<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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