document.write( "Question 976562: After Hurricane Katrina, a rescue vehicle leaves a station at noon and heads for New Orleans. An hour later a second vehicle traveling 10 mph faster leaves the same station. By 4:00 p.m., the first vehicle reaches its destination, and the second is still 10 mi away. How fast is each vehicle?\r
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r, rate of either but only one of the vehicles;
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "You want to formulate equations and solve for the unknown variable r; and you can also solve for d if you want.\r
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