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Gilbert took 2 hours longer to drive 240 files on the first day for a business trip than to drive 144 miles on the second day. If his rate was the same both days, what was his driving time for each day.
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document.write( "Let time he drove on the 1st day, be T
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document.write( "Then time he drove on 2nd day = T – 2
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document.write( "We then have: 
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document.write( "240(T – 2) = 144T ------- Cross-multiplying 
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document.write( "240T – 480 = 144T
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document.write( "240T – 144T = 480
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document.write( "96T = 480
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document.write( "T, or time driven on 1st day = , or  hours 
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document.write( "Time driven on 2nd day: 5 – 2, or  hours \n" );
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