document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=652433>Question 652433</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me solve this. I first got 27 but i then tried the equation <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=30=%28x%2B16%29%2F2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"30=%28x%2B16%29%2F2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > and got 44. But i have a feeling im doing it incorrectly. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "a driver travels 30 miles to the gym at a constant speed and travels the same distance home at a constant speed. his speed on the return trip was sixteen miles per hour faster, and the total time for both trips was two hours. find his speed on the way to the gym. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #407992 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ankor@dixie-net.com><B>ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ankor@dixie-net.com><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=ankor@dixie-net.com><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=407992\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a driver travels 30 miles to the gym at a constant speed and travels the same<BR>\n" );
document.write( " distance home at a constant speed. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "his speed on the return trip was sixteen miles per hour faster, and the total<BR>\n" );
document.write( " time for both trips was two hours. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "find his speed on the way to the gym.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Here is the equation you want<BR>\n" );
document.write( "let s = his speed on the way to the gym<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(s+16) = his speed returning<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Write a time equation time = dist/speed<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Time there + time back = 2 hrs<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=30%2Fs ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"30%2Fs\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > + <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=30%2F%28%28s%2B16%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"30%2F%28%28s%2B16%29%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "multiply by s(s+16) to clear the denominators, you will get a quadratic equation to solve </SPAN>\n" );
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