document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=631327>Question 631327</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A bicycle rider left at 6 a.m. city A to city B at the speed of 15 km an hour. At 8 a.m. a car left city A for city B at the speed of 75 km an hour.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The car arrived to B, stayed there 2 hours and started driving back to A at the same speed. After a 1/4 of the way back the car met the bicycle.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "What is the distance between A to B?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " At 8 a.m. a car left city A for city B at the speed of 75 km an hour.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The car arrived to B, stayed there 2 hours and started driving back to A at the<BR>\n" );
document.write( " same speed. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "After a 1/4 of the way back the car met the bicycle.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "What is the distance between A to B?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let d = distance from A to B<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then when they met:<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".75d = distance traveled by the bike<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1.25d = distance traveled by the car<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "From the information given, we know the bike travel time was 4 hrs more than the car. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "(The car left two hrs after the bike and stayed at B for 2 hrs} <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Write a time equation: time = dist/speed<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Bike time - car time = 4 hrs<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28.75d%29%2F15 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28.75d%29%2F15\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > - <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%281.25d%29%2F75 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%281.25d%29%2F75\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "multiply by 75<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5(.75d) - 1.25d = 75(4)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3.75d - 1.25d = 300<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2.50d = 300<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d = 300/2.50<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d = 120 km from A to B<BR>\n" );
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