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document.write( "Two cyclists start at the same point, and travel in opposite directions. The first travels eight miles/hour faster than the other; in three hours, the cyclists are 312 miles apart. How fast is each traveling? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "312=R*3+(R+8)3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "312=3R+3R+24<BR>\n" );
document.write( "312-24=6R<BR>\n" );
document.write( "288=6R<BR>\n" );
document.write( "R=288/6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "R=48 MPH FOR THE SLOWER CYCLIST.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "48+8=56 MPH FOR THE FASTER CYCLIST.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "PROOF:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "312=48*3+56*3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "312=144+168<BR>\n" );
document.write( "312=312 </SPAN>\n" );
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