document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=57738>Question 57738</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> jerry spent 2.5 h biking up mount lowe, rested at the top for 30 min, and biked down in 1.5 hr. how far did he bike if his rate of ascent was 3 km/h less than his rate of descent? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Biking up DATA:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "time = 2.5 hr. ; rate= x-3 km/hr ; distance = rt= 2.5(x-3) km<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Biking down Data:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "time = 1.5 hr; rate = x km/hr ; distance = 1.5x km<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "EQUATION:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1.5x=2.5x-7.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-x=-7.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=7.5 km/hr (Biking down rate)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Distance= 7.5(1.5)=11.25 km (Biking down distance Biking up distance)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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