document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=621342>Question 621342</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a car and a train leave station A at the same time for station B, 220 miles away. if the speed of the car averages twice the speed of the train and the car arrives 5.5 hours before the train, find the speed of the car and the speed of the train. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " if the speed of the car averages twice the speed of the train and the car arrives 5.5 hours before the train, find the speed of the car and the speed of the train.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let s = speed of the train<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2s = speed of the car<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Write a time equation, time = dist/speed<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Train time - car time = 5.5 hrs<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=220%2Fs ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"220%2Fs\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > - <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=220%2F%282s%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"220%2F%282s%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 5.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Reduce the 2nd fraction<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=220%2Fs ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"220%2Fs\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > - <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=110%2F%28s%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"110%2F%28s%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 5.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Subtract like terms<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=110%2Fs ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"110%2Fs\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 5.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "110 = 5.5s<BR>\n" );
document.write( "s = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=110%2F5.5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"110%2F5.5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "s = 20 mph is the speed of the train<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You can find the speed of the car, check solutions by finding the time of each\r<BR>\n" );
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