document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=720607>Question 720607</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A JOGGER STARTS FROM ONE END OF A 15 MILE NATURE TRAIL AT 8:00 AM ONE HOUR LATER A CYCLIST STARTS FROM THE OTHER END OF THE TRAIL AND RIDES TOWARD THE JOGGER IF THE RATE OF THE JOGGER IS 6MPH AND THE RATE OF THE CYCLIST IS 9MPH AT WHAT TIME WILL THE TWO MEET?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #441898 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josmiceli><B>josmiceli(19441)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josmiceli><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=josmiceli><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=441898\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> You can think of the jogger as standing still and<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the cyclist approaching at the sum of their speeds<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The jogger cuts down the distance between them by<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+d%5B1%5D+=+6%2A1+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+d%5B1%5D+=+6%2A1+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+d%5B1%5D+=+6+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+d%5B1%5D+=+6+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > mi<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So now the cyclist only has to travel <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+15+-+6+=+9+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+15+-+6+=+9+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > mi<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+t+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+t+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = the time in hrs it takes the cyclist to meet the jogger<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+9+=+%28+6+%2B+9+%29%2At+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+9+=+%28+6+%2B+9+%29%2At+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+9+=+15t+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+9+=+15t+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+3+=+5t+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+3+=+5t+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+t+=+3%2F5+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+t+=+3%2F5+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > hrs<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+%283%2F5%29%2A60+=+36+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+%283%2F5%29%2A60+=+36+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > min<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The two will meet at 8:36 AM<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "check:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "jogger's equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+d%5B2%5D+=+6%2A%283%2F5%29+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+d%5B2%5D+=+6%2A%283%2F5%29+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+d%5B2%5D+=+18%2F5+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+d%5B2%5D+=+18%2F5+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > mi<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Cyclist's equation:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+d%5B3%5D+=+27%2F5+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+d%5B3%5D+=+27%2F5+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+d%5B2%5D+%2B+d%5B3%5D+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+d%5B2%5D+%2B+d%5B3%5D+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > must = 9 mi<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+18%2F5+%2B+27%2F5+=+45%2F5+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+18%2F5+%2B+27%2F5+=+45%2F5+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "OK </SPAN>\n" );
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