document.write( "Question 607157: a. Mike and Scott live 110 miles from each other. They frequently meet for lunch at a restaurant that is between Mike’s house and Scott’s house. Leaving at the same time from their respective houses, Mike takes 1 hour and 30 minutes and Scott takes 1 hour and 15 minutes to get to the restaurant. If they each drive at the same speed,
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document.write( "i. Determine their speed
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document.write( "ii. How far from Scott’s house is the restaurant?
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Algebra.Com's Answer #382461 by josmiceli(19441)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "---------------- \n" ); document.write( "Scott's equation: \n" ); document.write( "(1) \n" ); document.write( "Mike's equation: \n" ); document.write( "(2) \n" ); document.write( "--------------------------- \n" ); document.write( "Substitute (1) into (2) \n" ); document.write( "(2) \n" ); document.write( "(2) \n" ); document.write( "(2) \n" ); document.write( "------------ \n" ); document.write( "Both speeds are 40 mi/hr \n" ); document.write( "(1) \n" ); document.write( "(1) \n" ); document.write( "(1) \n" ); document.write( "Scott's house is 50 mi from restaurant \n" ); document.write( "check: \n" ); document.write( "(2) \n" ); document.write( "(2) \n" ); document.write( "(2) \n" ); document.write( "(2) \n" ); document.write( "(2) \n" ); document.write( "OK \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |