document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=919410>Question 919410</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> if i drove my car 45 miles and ran out of gas.  then i walked 3 miles to a gas station.  my driving speed was 15 times my walking speed.  if my total time for the drive and walk was 1.5 hours, what was my driving speed </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " my driving speed was 15 times my walking speed.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " if my total time for the drive and walk was 1.5 hours, what was my driving speed?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "let w = your walking speed<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "15w = your driving speed<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Write a time equation; time = dist/speed<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "drive time + walk time = 1.5 hrs<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=45%2F%2815w%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"45%2F%2815w%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > + <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3%2Fw ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3%2Fw\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 1.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "reduce the 1st fraction<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3%2F%28w%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3%2F%28w%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > + <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3%2Fw ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3%2Fw\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 1.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=6%2Fw ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"6%2Fw\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 1.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "w = 6/1.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "w = 4 mph is your walking speed<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then obviously,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "15(4) = 60 mph is your driving speed<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Confirm this find the actual time driving and walking<BR>\n" );
document.write( "45/60 = .75 hr<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3/4  = .75 hr<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "total time 1.5 hrs<BR>\n" );
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