document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=766267>Question 766267</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A car leaves a station, traveling west at 55 mph. A truck leaves the same station one hour later, traveling west on the same road at 65 mph. How long does it take for the truck to pass the car? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Car DATA:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "rate = 55 mph ; time = x hrs ; distance = 55x miles<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Truck DATA:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "rate = 65 mph ; time = x-1 hrs ; distance = 65(x-10 miles<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Equation: <BR>\n" );
document.write( "distance = distance <BR>\n" );
document.write( "55x = 65x - 650<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-10x = -650<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 65 hrs </SPAN>\n" );
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