document.write( "Question 921566: By air the distance between city a and city b is 3001 miles less than city C to city D. If the total of these two distances is 7849 find the distance from city C to City D
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By air the distance between city a and city b is 3001 miles less than city C to city D. If the total of these two distances is 7849 find the distance from city C to City D
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document.write( "It would've been better if you'd shown what you did. Maybe I could've pointed out your error or the
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document.write( "reason why you got stuck. You may be able to find your own mistake though.\r
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document.write( "Let distance between city C and city D be C
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document.write( "Then distance between city A and city B = C – 3,001
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document.write( "Since total of the distances is 7,849, then we get: C + C – 3,001 = 7,849
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document.write( "2C = 7,849 + 3,001
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document.write( "2C = 10,850
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document.write( "C, or distance between cities C and D = , or  miles \n" );
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