document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=899320>Question 899320</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a person clims to the top of a mountain at the rate of 1.5 km per hour an ddown the sam way at the rate of 4.5 km per hour. if he was gone for 6 hours, how far did he travel from camp to the top of the moutain? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " if he was gone for 6 hours, how far did he travel from camp to the top of the mountain?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "let d = the distance from camp to top of mountain<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Write a time equation, time = dist/speed<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Time up + time down = 6 hrs<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=d%2F1.5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"d%2F1.5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > + <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=d%2F4.5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"d%2F4.5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "get rid of the denominators, multiply by 4.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4.5*<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=d%2F1.5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"d%2F1.5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > + 4.5*<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=d%2F4.5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"d%2F4.5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 4.5*6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Cancel the denominators<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3d + d = 27<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4d = 27<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d = 27/4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d = 6.75 km to the top of the mountain<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Check this, find the actual time each way<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6.75/1.5 = 4.5 hrs<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6.75/4.5 = 1.5 hrs<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "total time: 6 hrs<BR>\n" );
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