document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=697495>Question 697495</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Elmore and  Sonjay cross-country skied along the same trail. Sonjay skied at 12ft/s. Elmore skied at 15ft/s and started down the trail 2 min after Sonjay started. The two skiers reached the first fork in the trail at the same time.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a. How long after Sonjay started did the two skiers meet?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b. How far was it to the first fork? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " Sonjay skied at 12ft/s. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Elmore skied at 15ft/s and started down the trail 2 min after Sonjay started.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " The two skiers reached the first fork in the trail at the same time.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a. How long after Sonjay started did the two skiers meet?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Change 2 min to 120 sec<BR>\n" );
document.write( "let t = S's skiing time<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(t-120) = E's skiing time<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "When E catches S, they will have traveled the same dist<BR>\n" );
document.write( "write distance equation; dist = speed * time<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "E's dist = S's dist<BR>\n" );
document.write( "15(t-120) = 12t<BR>\n" );
document.write( "15t - 1800 = 1t<BR>\n" );
document.write( "15t - 12t = 1800<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3t = 1800<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t = 600 secs (10 min) after S starts, is caught by E<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b. How far was it to the first fork?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12(600) = 7200 ft<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "15(600-120) = 7200 ft </SPAN>\n" );
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