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document.write( "a motorist drove 150 miles on the highway before driving 50 miles on the mountain roads.the rate speed on the highway was 3 times the rate on the mountain roads.the time spent travelling the 200 miles was 5 hours .find the rate of the motorist in the highway?
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Algebra.Com's Answer #509484 by josmiceli(19441)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "Let \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "--------------------------------------------------- \n" ); document.write( "For mountain roads: \n" ); document.write( "(1) \n" ); document.write( "For highway: \n" ); document.write( "(2) \n" ); document.write( "---------------------------------- \n" ); document.write( "(2) \n" ); document.write( "Substitute (1) into (2) \n" ); document.write( "(2) \n" ); document.write( "(2) \n" ); document.write( "(2) \n" ); document.write( "(2) \n" ); document.write( "and \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "The motorist's rate on the highway was 60 mi/hr \n" ); document.write( "check: \n" ); document.write( "(1) \n" ); document.write( "(1) \n" ); document.write( "(1) \n" ); document.write( "and \n" ); document.write( "(2) \n" ); document.write( "(2) \n" ); document.write( "(2) \n" ); document.write( "(2) \n" ); document.write( "(2) \n" ); document.write( "(2) \n" ); document.write( "OK \n" ); document.write( " |