document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=943808>Question 943808</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Mica travel constant speed 3 hours. Then slowed speed for 11 miles.  The entire trip took 6 hours and covered 375 miles. What was the speed on the turnpike? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " Then slowed his speed by 11 mph. (Changed the wording here to make sense.)<BR>\n" );
document.write( " The entire trip took 6 hours and covered 375 miles.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " What was the speed on the turnpike?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let s = the speed on the turn-pike<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3s = his distance at turn-pike speed<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the total time was 6 hr, therefore:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3(s-11) = distance at the slower speed<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Write a distance equation; dist = speed * time<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3s + 3(s-11) = 375<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3S + 3S - 33 = 375<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6S = 375 + 33<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6S = 408<BR>\n" );
document.write( "S = 408/6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "S = 68 mph on the turn-pike </SPAN>\n" );
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