document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=587908>Question 587908</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A long distance trucker traveled 160 miles in one direction during a snow storm. The return trip in rainy wether was accomplished at double the speed and took 5 hours less time. What is the speed going? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " The return trip in rainy weather was accomplished at double the speed and took 5 hours less time.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " What is the speed going?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let s = the speed in the snow<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2s = in the rain<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Write a time equation: time = dist/speed<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "to time - return time = 5 hrs<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=160%2Fs ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"160%2Fs\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > - <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=160%2F%282s%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"160%2F%282s%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "mult by 2s<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2(160) - 160 = 5(2s)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "320 - 160 = 10s<BR>\n" );
document.write( "160 = 10s<BR>\n" );
document.write( "s = 16 mph in the snow (going)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "32 mph in the rain<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "See if that checks out; find the time each way<BR>\n" );
document.write( "160/16 = 10 hrs<BR>\n" );
document.write( "160/32 = 5 hrs<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "time dif: 5 hrs\r<BR>\n" );
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