document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=883812>Question 883812</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> An ocean liner was sailing from New <BR>\n" );
document.write( "York to London at 20 miles per hour. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "A slower ocean liner was also sailing <BR>\n" );
document.write( "from New York to London and left the <BR>\n" );
document.write( "same time as the first ocean liner. After <BR>\n" );
document.write( "sailing for 40 hours, the two ocean liners were a distance of 200 miles from <BR>\n" );
document.write( "each other. What was the slower ocean <BR>\n" );
document.write( "liner’s speed?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Can you please explain how to solve....Thanks a lot  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #533824 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=rothauserc><B>rothauserc(4718)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=rothauserc><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=rothauserc><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=533824\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> ocean liners rate is 20 miles per hour<BR>\n" );
document.write( "slower ocean liners rate is x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "after 40 hours,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "ocean liner has covered 20*40 = 800 miles<BR>\n" );
document.write( "slower ocean liner has covered 600 miles ( 800 - 200), therefore<BR>\n" );
document.write( "40x = 600<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 15<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the rate of the slower ocean liner is 15 miles per hour\r<BR>\n" );
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