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document.write( " Jim travels <BR>\n" );
document.write( "6 times faster than Brenda.  Traveling in opposite directions, they are <BR>\n" );
document.write( "392 miles apart after <BR>\n" );
document.write( "3.5 hours.  Find their rates of travel.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "6 times faster than Brenda. Traveling in opposite directions, they are <BR>\n" );
document.write( "392 miles apart after <BR>\n" );
document.write( "3.5 hours. Find their rates of travel. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "let x= brenda's rate of travel<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6x=jim's rate of travel<BR>\n" );
document.write( "travel time*rate=distance<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3.5x+3.5*6x=392<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3.5x+21x=392<BR>\n" );
document.write( "24.5x=392<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=16mph<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6x=96 mph <BR>\n" );
document.write( "brenda's rate of travel=16 mph<BR>\n" );
document.write( "jim's rate of travel=96 mph </SPAN>\n" );
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