document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=902022>Question 902022</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> two cars start 300 miles away. One of teh drivers speeds off at 80 miles per hour towards the second car. 15 minutes later the other driver starts driving at a speed of 90 miles per hour toward the oncoming driver \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "how long after bob starts driving do they meet <BR>\n" );
document.write( "when they meet hoow far has each driver traveled <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #547046 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39617)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=547046\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> One car and the second car, and then bob.  Who is bob?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The rule for uniform rates of travel is RT=D for rate time distance.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The most needed unknown is time, call it t, for how long before the two cars \"meet\".  Both cars are working for the distance of 300 miles BUT NOT BOTH AT ALL the same time.  Fifteen minutes means one quarter of an hour.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "____________________speed__________time__________distance<BR>\n" );
document.write( "FIRST CAR___________80_____________t+1/4_________(_____)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "SECOND CAR__________90______________t____________(_____)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Total______________________________________________300\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Can you decide what to do with that tabulated data? </SPAN>\n" );
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