document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=690729>Question 690729</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> You run at a rate of 4 miles per hour and your friend runs at a rate of 3.5 miles per hour. Your friend starts running 10 minutes before you, and you run for a half hour on the same path. Will you catch up to your friend? Use a graph to support your answer. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " Your friend starts running 10 minutes before you, and you run for a half hour on the same path.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " Will you catch up to your friend? Use a graph to support your answer.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The question is, Does your friend run further in 40 min than you run in 30 min.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Friend: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=40%2F60 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"40%2F60\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > * 3.5 = 2<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > mi<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=30%2F60 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"30%2F60\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > * 4 = 2 mi <BR>\n" );
document.write( "You won't catch up in a half hour<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Graph it in ft/min; You in red, friend in green<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4 mph: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%284%2A5280%29%2F60 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%284%2A5280%29%2F60\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 352 ft/min; y = 352x <BR>\n" );
document.write( "3.5 mph: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%283.5%2A5280%29%2F60 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%283.5%2A5280%29%2F60\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 308 ft/min; y = 308(x+10)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+graph%28+300%2C+200%2C+-10%2C+100%2C+-5000%2C+30000%2C+353x%2C+308%28x%2B10%29%29+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+graph%28+300%2C+200%2C+-10%2C+100%2C+-5000%2C+30000%2C+353x%2C+308%28x%2B10%29%29+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "You can see that at 30 min green is still ahead of red<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Take about 70 min for you to catch your friend </SPAN>\n" );
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