document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=700723>Question 700723</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If two cars leave Las Vegas,one traveling east and the other west.after 3 hours they are 297 miles apart.If one car is traveling 5 mph faster than the other, what is speed of two cars </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "let x=speed of one car<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+5=speed of other car<BR>\n" );
document.write( "distance=speed*travel time<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x+3(x+5)=297<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x+3x+15=297<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6x=297-15=282<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=282/6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=47<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+5=52<BR>\n" );
document.write( "speed of one car=47 mph<BR>\n" );
document.write( "speed of other car=52 mph </SPAN>\n" );
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