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document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If tim leaves at 10 am traveling down a road at 16 mph. And then at 10:30 his sister leaves traveling down the same road at 36 mph. how long will it take the sister to catch up? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Tim DATA:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "rate=16 mi/hr ; time=x hrs; distance= dr = 16x mi<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Sister DATA:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "rate=36 mi/hr ; time = x-1/2 hr ; distane = dr = 36(x-(1/2))=36x-18 mi<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "EQUATIOn:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "distance = distance<BR>\n" );
document.write( "16x=36x-18<BR>\n" );
document.write( "20x=18<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=9/10 hr. or 54 minutes<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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