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document.write( "One car travels 165 miles in the same amount of time it takes a second car traveling 3 miles per hour slower than the first to go 156 miles. What are the speeds of the cars? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "165=S*T<BR>\n" );
document.write( "156=(S-3)T<BR>\n" );
document.write( "S=165/T<BR>\n" );
document.write( "156=(165/T-3)T<BR>\n" );
document.write( "156=165-3T<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3T=165-156<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3T=9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "T=9/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "T=3 HOURS.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "165=S*3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "S=165/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "S=55 MPH. FOR THE FASTER TRUCK<BR>\n" );
document.write( "55-3=52 MPH FOR THE SLOWER TRUCK<BR>\n" );
document.write( "PROOF:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "156=52*3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "156=156 </SPAN>\n" );
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