document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=830443>Question 830443</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A car and bus both completed a 240 mile trip. The car averaged 10 mph faster than the bus and completed the trip in 48 minutes less time then the bus. Find the average rate, in miles per hour, of the bus. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #501278 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39630)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=501278\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> r the speed for the bus<BR>\n" );
document.write( "h the time in HOURS for the bus<BR>\n" );
document.write( "48 minutes is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=4%2F5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"4%2F5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > hour\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "________________speed_______________time_____________miles<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Car_____________r+10________________h-(4/5)________240<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Bus______________r___________________h_______________240\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You could generalize everything and solve this all in symbols before using given values.  Try this:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "________________speed_______________time_____________miles<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Car_____________r+v________________h-p_______________d<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Bus______________r___________________h_______________d\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Your equations from this begin as:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28r%2Bv%29%28h-p%29=d ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28r%2Bv%29%28h-p%29=d\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >  and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=rh=d ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"rh=d\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >;<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If you take the simpler equation as <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=h=d%2Fr ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"h=d%2Fr\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, and then start working with the car's equation, substituting for h and for rh, will allow you to get a quadratic equation, a very simple-looking one, in r.  You could then use the general solution for a quadratic equation to get a formula for r.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "...  just remember what your given values were and what you wanted to find.<BR>\n" );
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