document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=733600>Question 733600</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A cyclist and a jogger start in a town and want to end 12 miles away.  The cyclists rate is 2xs the jogger.  He arrives 1.2 hours before the jogger.  What is the rate of the cyclist. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " The cyclists rate is 2xs the jogger. He arrives 1.2 hours before the jogger. What is the rate of the cyclist.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "let r = rate of the jogger<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2r = rate of the cyclist<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Write a time equation: time = dist/rate<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "jogger time - cyclist time = 1.2 hr<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=12%2Fr ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"12%2Fr\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > - <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=12%2F%282r%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"12%2F%282r%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 1.2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "reduce the fraction<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=12%2Fr ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"12%2Fr\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > - <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=6%2Fr ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"6%2Fr\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 1.2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "multiply by r<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12 - 6 = 1.2r<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6 = 1.2r<BR>\n" );
document.write( "r = 6/1.2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "r = 5 mph rate of the jogger<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2(5) = 10 mph rate of the cyclist<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "check this; find the actual time of each<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12/5 = 2.4 hrs<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12/10= 1.2 hrs<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "differ: 1.2 hrs </SPAN>\n" );
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