document.write( "Question 879388: On my car, a particular brand of tyre lasts 40000 kilometres on a front wheel or 60000 kilometres on a rear wheel. By interchanging the front and rear tyres, the greatest distance, in kilometres, I can get from a set of four tyres is? \n" ); document.write( "

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On my car, a particular brand of tyre lasts 40000 kilometres on a front wheel or 60000 kilometres on a rear wheel.
\n" ); document.write( " By interchanging the front and rear tyres, the greatest distance, in kilometres, I can get from a set of four tyres is?
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\n" ); document.write( "This is something I always wondered about on my car. A good time to figure this out.
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\n" ); document.write( "Use something like \"tire-miles\", with 4 tires:
\n" ); document.write( "2(60000) + 2(40000) = 200000 tire-miles available
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\n" ); document.write( "200000/4 = 50,000 miles on a set of tires \n" ); document.write( "

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