document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=834632>Question 834632</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A bus leaves LA traveling at 50 mi/hr. An hour later a car traveling on the same road leaves at 70 mi/hr to try to overtake the bus. how far from LA does the car overtake 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 #503110 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39617)</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=503110\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Notice the slow vehicle leaves first and travels for more time.  In this example, the time difference is 1 hour. The slow vehicle travels for t+1 hours of time.  The faster but later-starting vehicle travels for some t hours of time.  t is an unknown variable.  When that information is straight, then continue....\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "t = time for the car to meet the same distance as the traveling bus<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d = the distance from LA that car and distance match\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In case a table would help,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "____________________speed_____________time______________distance<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Bus_________________50________________t+1_______________d<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Car_________________70________________t_________________d\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Basic equation for uniform rates for travel, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight_green%28Rate%2ATime=Distance%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight_green%28Rate%2ATime=Distance%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "... Further process is not continued here (yet), but you try to solve the example exercise yourself, from what has been presented so far. Can you continue and finish? </SPAN>\n" );
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