document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=921606>Question 921606</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Lamar drove to the mountains last weekend. There was heavy traffic on the way there, and the trip took <BR>\n" );
document.write( "8<BR>\n" );
document.write( " hours. When Lamar drove home, there was no traffic and the trip only took <BR>\n" );
document.write( "5<BR>\n" );
document.write( " hours. If his average rate was <BR>\n" );
document.write( "21<BR>\n" );
document.write( " miles per hour faster on the trip home, how far away does Lamar live from the mountains? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "When Lamar drove home, there was no traffic and the trip only took 5 hours. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "If his average rate was 21 miles per hour faster on the trip home, how far away does Lamar live from the mountains?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "From Home::<BR>\n" );
document.write( "time = 8 hrs ; rate = x  mph ; distance = 8x miles<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "To Home::<BR>\n" );
document.write( "time = 5 hrs ; rate = x+21 mph ; distance = 5(x+21) = 5x + 105 miles<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8x = 5x + 105<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x = 105<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 35 mph <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Ans: distance to mountains = 8x = 8*35 = 280 miles<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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