document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=743631>Question 743631</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Cars A and B started simultaneously from opposite ends of a straight 315-mile road and travelled towards each other without stopping until they passed each other at location X.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The average speed of car B was 15 mph higher than car A's.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If car B's average speed is a third higher than that of Car A, how many miles of the road had car A travelled when the two cars passed each other?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The average speed of car B was 15 mph higher than car A's.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If car B's average speed is a third higher than that of Car A, how many miles of the road had car A travelled when the two cars passed each other?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "D= 315\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Car A speed = a mph.............x miles<BR>\n" );
document.write( "car B speed = a+15..............315-x miles\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(a+15)=(1/3)a+a<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a+15=4a/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4a/3-a=15<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a=45................ speed of car A<BR>\n" );
document.write( "speed of car B = 45+15=60 mph\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Times are equal\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x/45= (315-x)/60\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "60x=45(315-x)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "60x=1575-45x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "105x=14175<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=135\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Car A has traveled = 135 miles<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Car B has traveled the balance=>180 miles </SPAN>\n" );
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