document.write( "Question 640753: George and Bill left town A for town B at the same time. George was riding a bicycle at a constant speed, while Bill was driving a car. Bill traveled 5 times faster than George. Bill’s car broke halfway, and the rest of the way to the town B Bill traveled by foot with a speed equal to half of the George’s bicycle speed. Who got to B first: George or Bill? \n" ); document.write( "
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George and Bill left town A for town B at the same time.
\n" ); document.write( " George was riding a bicycle at a constant speed, while Bill was driving a car
\n" ); document.write( " Bill traveled 5 times faster than George.
\n" ); document.write( " Bill’s car broke halfway, and the rest of the way to the town B Bill traveled
\n" ); document.write( " by foot with a speed equal to half of the George’s bicycle speed.
\n" ); document.write( " Who got to B first: George or Bill?
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\n" ); document.write( "Let b = George's biking speed
\n" ); document.write( "then
\n" ); document.write( "5b = Bill's driving speed
\n" ); document.write( "and
\n" ); document.write( ".5b = Bill's walking speed
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\n" ); document.write( "let d = distance from A to B
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\n" ); document.write( "George's travel time equation
\n" ); document.write( "t = \"d%2Fs\"
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\n" ); document.write( "Bill's total travel time
\n" ); document.write( "t = \"%28.5d%29%2F%285s%29\" + \"%28.5d%29%2F%28.5s%29\"
\n" ); document.write( ":
\n" ); document.write( "t = \"%28.5d+%2B+10%28.5d%29%29%2F%285s%29\" = \"%28.5d%2B5d%29%2F%285s%29\" = \"%28.1d%2Bd%29%2Fs\" = \"%281.1d%29%2Fs\"
\n" ); document.write( "From this we see that George's time is less than Bills, so will get to B first..
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