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document.write( "Greg and Gary enter a bike race. Greg travels at 16 miles per hour, and Gary travels at 12 miles per hour. Greg finishes the race 2 hours ahead of Gary. How many miles did Greg travel in the race? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " Greg travels at 16 miles per hour, and Gary travels at 12 miles per hour.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " Greg finishes the race 2 hours ahead of Gary.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " How many miles did Greg travel in the race?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "let d = distance traveled by Greg, also the length of the race<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We can say that Greg ran the race in 2 hrs less time that Gary<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Write a time equation; time = dist/speed<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Gary's time - Greg's time = 2 hrs<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=d%2F12 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"d%2F12\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > - <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=d%2F16 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"d%2F16\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Multiply the equation by the least common multiple; 48. Cancel the denominators<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4d - 3d = 48(2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d = 96 mi traveled by Greg<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Confirm this solution; find the actual time of each<BR>\n" );
document.write( "96/12 = 8 hrs<BR>\n" );
document.write( "96/16 = 6 hrs<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "differ: 2 hrs </SPAN>\n" );
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