document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=728536>Question 728536</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Two crews working toward each other are 18 miles apart. They meet after 3 hours. one of them works at a rate of 2 miles per hour faster than the other. find the two rates.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I know that RxT=D. So I set up a box with = being 18. I know that they meet after 3 hours, so my total was 3. I also know that one worker (x) is working 2 miles faster than the other, so x+2=18...I think, but I'm not sure I'm on the right track.  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #445490 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39799)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=445490\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> You could make a data table this way:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let r = the rate of the slower team (arbitrary if you make r for slower team or faster team);\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Team____________rate____________time______________distance worked<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Slow____________r_______________3_________________r*3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Fast____________r+2_____________3_________________(r+2)*3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Total__________________________ __________________18\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You might be able to think of their rates as additive, even without making a table like shown above.  The sum of their distances worked in the three hour time period is the original gap between them of 18 miles.  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3r%2B3%28r%2B2%29=18 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3r%2B3%28r%2B2%29=18\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.  Solve for r and then compute <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=r%2B2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"r%2B2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >. </SPAN>\n" );
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