document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=667585>Question 667585</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A car travels 200 miles in the same time it takes a car traveling 10 miles per hour slower to travel 150 miles. give the speed of each car\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I tried to solve it like this:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x+200=x+150-10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+200=x+140<BR>\n" );
document.write( " -140   -140<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x+60=x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-x   -x<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "60=x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thus, 60 mph being the speed of the first car, and 50 mph the speed of the second car.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "That was incorrect. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "I tried to solve it like this: <BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+200=x+150-10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+200=x+140<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-140 -140<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x+60=x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-x -x<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "60=x <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Thus, 60 mph being the speed of the first car, and 50 mph the speed of the second car. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "That was incorrect.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "d = r*t<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t = d/r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "t = 200/r = 150/(r-10)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "200*(r-10) = 150r<BR>\n" );
document.write( "200r - 2000 = 150r<BR>\n" );
document.write( "50r = 2000<BR>\n" );
document.write( "r = 40 mi/hr<BR>\n" );
document.write( "r-10 = 30 mi/hr<BR>\n" );
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