document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=975196>Question 975196</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> It takes Ricky, traveling at<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "30 minutes longer to go a certain distance than it takes Ross traveling at<BR>\n" );
document.write( "63 mph. Find the distance traveled. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Ricky DATA:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "rate = 36 mph ; time = t + 1/2  hrs ; distance = 36t + 18 miles<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Ross DATA:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "rate = 63 mph ; time = t  hrs ; distance = 63t miles<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Equation::<BR>\n" );
document.write( "distance = distance<BR>\n" );
document.write( "36t + 18 = 63t<BR>\n" );
document.write( "27t = 18<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t = 18/27 = 2/3 hr<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Ans: distance = 63t = 63(2/3) = 42 miles<BR>\n" );
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