document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=635388>Question 635388</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A man rides up a ski lift at the rate of 5 miles an hour and skis back down the hill at the rate of 50 miles an hour. If the complete trip requires 22 minutes, How far is it from the bottom to the top of the hill? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "the hill at the rate of 50 miles an hour.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " If the complete trip requires 22 minutes<BR>\n" );
document.write( " How far is it from the bottom to the top of the hill?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Change 22 minutes to hrs, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=22%2F60 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"22%2F60\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > hrs<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let d = distance up the hill (assume down the hill is the same)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Write a time equation: time = dist/speed<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Time up + time down = 22 min<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=d%2F5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"d%2F5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > + <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=d%2F50 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"d%2F50\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=22%2F60 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"22%2F60\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Mult by the LCM; 300<BR>\n" );
document.write( "300*<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=d%2F5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"d%2F5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > + 300*<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=d%2F50 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"d%2F50\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 300*<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=22%2F60 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"22%2F60\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "cancel the denominators<BR>\n" );
document.write( "60d + 6d = 5(22)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "66d = 110<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=110%2F66 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"110%2F66\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "d = 1<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;\" > miles bottom to top of the hill<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Check this find the time each way<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1.67/5 = .3340 hrs<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1.67/50= .0334 hrs<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "total time: .3674 hrs  which is .3674(60) = 22.0 min </SPAN>\n" );
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