document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=787931>Question 787931</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Fred can ride a scooter at 15mph. Tom can pedal a bike at 9mph. They started at the same time travelling the same distance. Fred arrives at the destination 20 minutes ahead of Tom.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a)How long does it take Tom to arrive at the destination?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b)How far is the trip from starting point to destination?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Distance equals rate times time.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Note that 20 minutes is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large \frac{1}{3}\"> hour.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large d\"> represent the distance traveled, and let <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large t\"> represent the time it took Fred to travel the distance at 15 mph.  Note that it must then have taken Tom <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large t\ +\ \frac{1}{3}\"> hours to complete the trip.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "From the above information we can say:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ d\ =\ 15t\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ d\ =\ 9(t\ +\ \frac{1}{3})\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large d\ =\ d\">, we can write:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 15t\ =\ 9(t\ +\ \frac{1}{3})\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large t\"> which will be in hours.  Then calculate <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large t\ +\ \frac{1}{3}\"> to get Tom's total time.  If you want to express Tom's time in minutes, it might help to know that one-sixth of an hour is 10 minutes.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Then multiply 15 times t to get the distance.  Multiply 9 times <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large t\ +\ \frac{1}{3}\"> to check your work.\r<BR>\n" );
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