document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=580605>Question 580605</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If a student had walked 1km/hr faster, he would have taken 15 minutes less to walk 3 km. Find the rate at which he was walking.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "15 minutes = .25 hr\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "d = rt\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3 = (r+1)(t-.25)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2 variables, one equation, cannot be solved explicitly, but intuitively we can try values:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "r=3, t=1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3km/h </SPAN>\n" );
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