document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=619776>Question 619776</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> At 9 am a car leaves a city traveling west. An good and half later a faster car leaves the same city traveling east. At 2 pm the two cars are 410 miles apart. If the slower car travels at 2/3 the speed of the faster car, what is the speed of the fast car  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #389862 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ankor@dixie-net.com><B>ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ankor@dixie-net.com><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=ankor@dixie-net.com><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=389862\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\">  At 9 am a car leaves a city traveling west.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Assume you mean<BR>\n" );
document.write( " An HOUR and half later a faster car leaves the same city traveling east. <BR>\n" );
document.write( " At 2 pm the two cars are 410 miles apart. <BR>\n" );
document.write( " If the slower car travels at 2/3 the speed of the faster car, what is the speed of the fast car <BR>\n" );
document.write( ":<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let s = speed of the fast car<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2%2F3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2%2F3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >s = speed of the slower car<BR>\n" );
document.write( ":<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Find the travel time of the slower car: 9 am to 2 pm = 5 hrs<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Find the travel time of the faster car: 5 - 1.5 = 3.5 hrs<BR>\n" );
document.write( ":<BR>\n" );
document.write( "WRite a distance equation; dist = speed * time<BR>\n" );
document.write( "slow car dist + fast car dist = 410 miles<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2%2F3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2%2F3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >s * 5 + 3.5s = 410<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=10%2F3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"10%2F3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >s + 3.5s = 410<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Multiply by 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10s + 10.5s = 1230<BR>\n" );
document.write( "20.5s = 1230<BR>\n" );
document.write( "s = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1230%2F20.5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1230%2F20.5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "s = 60 mph is the fast car<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2%2F3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2%2F3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >*60 = 40 mph is the slow car </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</TD></TR></TABLE>\n" );