document.write( "Question 859227: Jill travels to work in one hour and 30 minutes. Jane travels to work in one hour and 20 minutes Jane drives 5 mph faster to work and Jill. They both had the same distance to work. How far do they both drive to work? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Let x represent Jill's speed    
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document.write( "    |Multiplying thru by 6 so as all denominators = 1
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document.write( "     9x = 8x + 40
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document.write( "      x = 40mph, Jill's speed
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document.write( "Distance to work is  = 60mi
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