document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=971276>Question 971276</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A person leaves home at 7:00 a.m. and drives to a destination at a rate of forty mph. After spending one hour at the destination, the person returns at a rate of twenty-five mph and arrives home at 2:30 p.m. How far is the trip to the destination? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #593814 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=JoelSchwartz><B>JoelSchwartz(130)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-09.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=JoelSchwartz><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=593814\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> t=the time it took to get to the destination traveling forty miles per hour.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=amount of time it took to return home from the destination traveling twenty five miles per hour.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t+1+x=7.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t+x=6.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d=number of miles each way<BR>\n" );
document.write( "40t=d<BR>\n" );
document.write( "25x=d<BR>\n" );
document.write( "25x=40t<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t=6.5-x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "25x=40(6.5-x)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "25x=260-40x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "65x=260<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d=25*4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The trip is 100 miles to the destination. To go back to where the person started from it would take 200 miles of traveling. </SPAN>\n" );
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