document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=970250>Question 970250</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Two sreetcars are 11 miles apart and traveling toward each other on parallel tracks. They meet in 12 minutes. Find the speed of each streetcar if one travels 15 miles per hour faster than the other. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #592904 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josmiceli><B>josmiceli(19441)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josmiceli><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=josmiceli><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=592904\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Think of this as one of the streetcars standing <BR>\n" );
document.write( "still and the other moving at the sum of their speeds<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+s+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+s+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = the speed of the slower one<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+s+%2B+15+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+s+%2B+15+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = the speed of the faster one<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-------------------------------------<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Convert minutes to hrs:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+12%2F60+=+1%2F5+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+12%2F60+=+1%2F5+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > hrs<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+11+=+%28+s+%2B+s+%2B+15+%29%2A%28+1%2F5+%29+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+11+=+%28+s+%2B+s+%2B+15+%29%2A%28+1%2F5+%29+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+55+=+2s+%2B+15+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+55+=+2s+%2B+15+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+2s+=+40+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+2s+=+40+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+s+=+20+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+s+=+20+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "and<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+s+%2B+15+=+35+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+s+%2B+15+=+35+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Their speeds are:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "20 mi/hr and<BR>\n" );
document.write( "35 mi/hr<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "check:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+11+=+%28+s+%2B+s+%2B+15+%29%2A%28+1%2F5+%29+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+11+=+%28+s+%2B+s+%2B+15+%29%2A%28+1%2F5+%29+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+11+=+55%2A%28+1%2F5+%29+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+11+=+55%2A%28+1%2F5+%29+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+55+=+55+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+55+=+55+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "OK </SPAN>\n" );
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