document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=598021>Question 598021</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a helicopter makes a round trip flight that lasts 4.5 hrs. if the average rate out was 80 miles per hour and the average rate in was 100 miles per hour. what was the helicopters greatest distance from the airport? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " if the average rate out was 80 miles per hour and the average rate in was 100 miles per hour.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " what was the helicopters greatest distance from the airport?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let d = the one-way trip<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Write a time equation: time = dist/speed<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "time out + time back = 4.5 hrs<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=d%2F80 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"d%2F80\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > + <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=d%2F100 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"d%2F100\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 4.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Multiply by 400 to clear the denominators<BR>\n" );
document.write( "400*<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=d%2F80 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"d%2F80\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > + 400*<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=d%2F100 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"d%2F100\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 400(4.5)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Cancel the denominators<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5d + 4d = 1800<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d = 1800/9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d = 200 miles max distance </SPAN>\n" );
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