document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=659520>Question 659520</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me with this question!\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Two cyclists, 48 mi apart, start riding towards each other at the same time. One cycles twice as fast as the other. If they meet 2 hr later, at what average speed is each cyclist traveling?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #410817 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josmiceli><B>josmiceli(19441)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josmiceli><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=josmiceli><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=410817\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The easiest way to do this is to imagine that one<BR>\n" );
document.write( "of the cyclists is standing still and the other is <BR>\n" );
document.write( "approaching at the sum of their speeds and will<BR>\n" );
document.write( "cover 48 miles in 2 hrs<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+s+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+s+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = the speed of the slower cyclist<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+2s+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+2s+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = the speed of the other cyclist<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+48+=+%28+s+%2B+2s+%29%2A2+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+48+=+%28+s+%2B+2s+%29%2A2+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+48+=+6s+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+48+=+6s+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+s+=+8+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+s+=+8+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+2s+=+16+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+2s+=+16+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Their speeds are 8 mi/hr and 16 mi/hr<BR>\n" );
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