document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=630854>Question 630854</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Two sisters leave their house at the same time, and walk in opposite directions.   In 5 hours they are exactly 20 miles apart.   Find their speeds given that the older sister travels three times faster than the younger?  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "In 5 hours the younger sister travels 5x miles and the older sister travels 5 times 3x = 15x miles.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the total distance travelled by the two girls is 5x + 15 x = 20x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "ie 20x = 20 so x = 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The younger sister is travelling at 1 mile per hour and the older sister travels at 3 miles per hour. </SPAN>\n" );
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