document.write( "Question 702452: john and william leave their home traveling in opposite directions on a straight road. John drives 20 miles per hour faster than William. After 4 hours they are 250 miles apart. What is John's speed ? What is William's speed? \r
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Try organizing the information as a table instead of a graph. A picture or a graph can still help to see the situation and label parts.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "An attempt at a picture:
\n" ); document.write( "Let William's speed be r. John goes at r+20.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "John,<---------------------------||--------------->,William\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "speed: r+20
\n" ); document.write( "time: 4 hours
\n" ); document.write( "distance: 4(r+20)
\n" ); document.write( "________________________________________________For William,
\n" ); document.write( "_________________________________________________speed: r
\n" ); document.write( "_________________________________________________time: 4 hours, same as John
\n" ); document.write( "__________________________________________________distance: 4r\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "After 4 hours, John and William are 250 miles apart.
\n" ); document.write( "Sum of distances from their home is 250 miles.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Equation for the solution, \"4%2A%28r%2B20%29%2B4%2Ar=250\"
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