document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=951403>Question 951403</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\">  Two boats leave the same dock and head in the same direction. Boat One travels twice as fast as Boat <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Two. After 3.5 hours the boats are 5.25 miles apart. Find the speed of each boat. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "How many liters of a 58% sugar solution must be added to 14 liters of a 40% sugar solution to produce a <BR>\n" );
document.write( "50% sugar solution?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "slower boat DATA:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "time = 3.5 hrs ; rate = x mph ; distance = r*t = 3.5x miles<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "faster boat DATA:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "time = 3.5 hrs; rate = 2x mph ; distance = r*t = 7.5x miles<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7.5x - 3.5x = 5.25 miles<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x = 5.25<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 1.31 mph (slower boat rate)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x = 2.62 mph (faster boat rate)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " How many liters of a 58% sugar solution must be added to 14 liters of a 40% sugar solution to produce a 50% sugar solution?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "sugar + sugar = sugar<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0.58x + 0.40*14 = 0.50(x+14)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "58x + 40*14 = 50x + 50*14<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8x = 10*14<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 17.5 liters (amt. of 58% solution needed)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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