document.write( "Question 69045: If you go 100 furlongs in a fortnight how many miles per hour does that equal?
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document.write( "If you go 100 furlongs in a fortnight how many miles per hour does that equal?\r\n" );
document.write( "I know there are 200 yards in a furlong and 1760 yards in a mile and 14 days\r\n" );
document.write( "in a fortnight. Now I don't know what step to take.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Write 100 furlongs/fortnight as:\r\n" );
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document.write( "100 furlongs    \r\n" );
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document.write( "1 fortnight  \r\n" );
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document.write( "Now to cancel away furlongs in the numerator, create a fraction\r\n" );
document.write( "which equals 1 that has furlongs in the denominator and yards\r\n" );
document.write( "in the numerator, namely \"(200 yards)/(1 furlong) and multiply\r\n" );
document.write( "by that.  So far we have:\r\n" );
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document.write( "100 furlong     200 yards\r\n" );
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document.write( "1 fortnight     1 furlong\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now to cancel away fortnight in the denominator, create a fraction\r\n" );
document.write( "which equals 1 that has fortnights in the numerator and days\r\n" );
document.write( "in the denominator, namely \"(1 fortnight)/(14 days) and multiply\r\n" );
document.write( "by that.  So far we have:\r\n" );
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document.write( "100 furlong     200 yards      1 fortnight\r\n" );
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document.write( "1 fortnight     1 furlong        14 days\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now to cancel away yards in the numerator, create a fraction\r\n" );
document.write( "which equals 1 that has yards in the denominator and miles\r\n" );
document.write( "in the numerator, namely \"(1 mile)/(1760 yards) and multiply\r\n" );
document.write( "by that.  So far we have:\r\n" );
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document.write( "100 furlong     200 yards      1 fortnight      1 mile\r\n" );
document.write( "------------ x ------------ x ------------- x -----------   \r\n" );
document.write( "1 fortnight     1 furlong        14 days       1760 yard\r\n" );
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document.write( "Finally to cancel away days in the denominator, create a fraction\r\n" );
document.write( "which equals 1 that has days in the numerator and hours\r\n" );
document.write( "in the denominator, namely \"(1 day)/(24 hour) and multiply\r\n" );
document.write( "by that.  So we end up with\r\n" );
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document.write( "100 furlong     200 yards      1 fortnight      1 mile        1 day   \r\n" );
document.write( "------------ x ------------ x ------------- x ----------- x ----------  \r\n" );
document.write( "1 fortnight     1 furlong        14 day        1760 yard     24 hour\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now cancel the furlongs:\r\n" );
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document.write( "100 furlong     200 yards      1 fortnight      1 mile        1 day   \r\n" );
document.write( "------------ x ------------ x ------------- x ----------- x ----------  \r\n" );
document.write( "1 fortnight     1 furlong        14 day        1760 yard     24 hour\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now cancel the fortnights:\r\n" );
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document.write( "100 furlong     200 yards      1 fortnight      1 mile        1 day   \r\n" );
document.write( "------------ x ------------ x ------------- x ----------- x ----------  \r\n" );
document.write( "1 fortnight     1 furlong        14 day        1760 yard     24 hour\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now cancel the yards:\r\n" );
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document.write( "100 furlong     200 yards      1 fortnight      1 mile        1 day   \r\n" );
document.write( "------------ x ------------ x ------------- x ----------- x ----------  \r\n" );
document.write( "1 fortnight     1 furlong        14 day        1760 yard     24 hour\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now cancel the days:\r\n" );
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document.write( "100 furlong     200 yards      1 fortnight      1 mile        1 day   \r\n" );
document.write( "------------ x ------------ x ------------- x ----------- x ----------  \r\n" );
document.write( "1 fortnight     1 furlong        14 day        1760 yard     24 hour\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now all you're left with is:\r\n" );
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document.write( "(100)(200)(1)(1 mile)(1)  \r\n" );
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document.write( "(1)(1)(14)(1760)(24 hour)\r\n" );
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document.write( "or\r\n" );
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document.write( "  (100)(200)(mile)\r\n" );
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document.write( "(14)(1760)(24)(hour)\r\n" );
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document.write( "or\r\n" );
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document.write( "20000(mile)\r\n" );
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document.write( "591360(hour)\r\n" );
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document.write( ".0338203463 mi/hr\r\n" );
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document.write( "That may seem awfully slow, but 100 furlongs is only about 11 miles,\r\n" );
document.write( "and a fortnight is 14 days or 2 weeks, so you'd have to be traveling\r\n" );
document.write( "at a real snail's pace for it to take you 2 weeks (24 hours a day) \r\n" );
document.write( "to go only 11 miles!\r\n" );
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