document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=959053>Question 959053</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Allison drove for 2 hours on the freeway, then decreased her speed by 20 miles per hour and drove 4 more hours on a country road. If her total trip was 268 miles, then what was her speed on the freeway? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Freeway DATA:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "time = 2 hrs ; rate = r mph ; distance = 2r miles<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Country DATA:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "time = 4 hrs ; rate = r-20 mph ; distance = 4r-80 miles<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Equations:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "distance + distance = 268<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2r + 4r-80 = 268<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6r = 348<BR>\n" );
document.write( "rate = 58 mph (rate on freeway)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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