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document.write( "Two cars leave Baton Rouge at the same time and travel east on Interstate. One travels at a constant speed of 55mph and the other travels at a constant speed of 63 mph. In how many hours will the distance between them be 24 miles? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Two cars leave Baton Rouge at the same time and travel east on Interstate. One travels at a constant speed of 55mph and the other travels at a constant speed of 63 mph. In how many hours will the distance between them be 24 miles?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "When they're 24 miles apart, the slower car has traveled 24 more miles less than the faster car\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "At that time, distance traveled by slower car, plus 24 miles, equals distance traveled by faster car\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "With T being the time taken for them to travel their respective distances, and be 24 miles apart, we create a DISTANCE equation, as follows:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "55T + 24 = 63T\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "55T - 63T = - 24\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "- 8T = - 24\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "T, or time taken for them to be 24 miles apart = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28-+24%29%2F-+8 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28-+24%29%2F-+8\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, or <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight_green%283%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight_green%283%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > hours.\r<BR>\n" );
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