document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=788148>Question 788148</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Ms. Hill drove from here to Texas and then back on the same route.  Going she averaged 70 mph and returning she averaged 60 mph.  The total trip, there and back, took 35 hours.  How far is it from here to Texas? Round your answer to the nearest mile. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Direction_________rate__________time_____________distance<BR>\n" );
document.write( "going_____________70____________x________________70x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "returning_________60____________y________________60y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Total___________________________35\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Each distance is the same, so <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=7x=6y ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"7x=6y\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The total time was <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%2By=35 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%2By=35\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "That's your system.  Solve it.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "NOTE:  The way I setup the data, the TIME quantities are the variables.  This problem could have been analyzed using the distance as the variable.  Doing it like that would make us use <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=time=distance%2Frate ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"time=distance%2Frate\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.  We would then formulate that <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=d%2F70%2Bd%2F60=35 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"d%2F70%2Bd%2F60=35\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > which uses d as the unknown distance either direction.  Maybe this would be easier?  Depends on who is solving the problem and which way he sees as easiest to arrange. </SPAN>\n" );
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