document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=943393>Question 943393</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Suppose you go on an 8-hour car trip.  For the first 6 hours, you travel at an average rate of r miles per hour on the highway. For the last 2 hours, you travel at an average rate of 30 mph slower in the city. Find the distance traveled. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " For the first 6 hours, you travel at an average rate of r miles per hour on the highway.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " For the last 2 hours, you travel at an average rate of 30 mph slower in the city.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " Find the distance traveled.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "r = rate for the 1st 6 hrs<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(r-30) = rate for the last 2 hrs<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d = total distance traveled<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Dist = time * rate<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d = 6r + 2(r-30)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d = 6r + 2r - 60<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d = 8r - 60 mi is the distance traveled<BR>\n" );
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