document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=689769>Question 689769</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> \"A car leaves Berlin on the autobahn at 60 mph. How long will it take a second car traveling at 90 mph to catch the first car if it leaves 2 hours later?\"\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This doesn't seem like a distance problem -- it's more time-related, but I wasn't sure what category to put it in. I hope this isn't a problem.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Anyway, here's what I tried:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "60(x) = 90(120 + x)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "60x = 10,800 + 90x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-30x = 10,800\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "..and that's where I stopped! I got a little put off by the negative sign. This can't be right, can it? Thanks in advance! </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The 60 mph car has a two hour head start, so when the 90 mph car starts, the first car has traveled 60 mph X 2 hr = 120 miles.  The second car is going 30 mph faster.  How long does it take a vehicle going 30 mph to travel 120 miles?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi}\ +\ 1\ =\ 0\"><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<font face=\"Math1\" size=\"+2\">Egw to Beta kai to Sigma</font><BR>\n" );
document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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