document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=56890>Question 56890</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Two camper vans leave Arrowhead Lake at the same time, one traveling north at a speed of 10 km/h faster than the other, which is traveling south.  After 3 hours, the camper vans are 420 km apart.  Find their speeds. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "South van DATA:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "rate = x kph; time= 3 hrs.; distance = 3x km<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "North  van DATA:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "rate =  x+10 kph; time = 3 hrs; distance = 3(x+10)=3x+30 km<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "EQUATION:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "dist. + dist. = 420 km<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x+3x+30=420<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6x=390<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x= 65 kph (speed of south-bound van)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+10= 75 (speed of north-bound van)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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