document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1009536>Question 1009536</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Searches related to a news van and a helicopter left a TV station parking lot at the same time, but headed in opposite directions. they were covering breaking news stories that were 97 miles apart. if the helicopter had to travel 55 miles father than the van, how far did the van have to travel to reach the location of the news story </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "V=distance van traveled <BR>\n" );
document.write( "H=distance helicopter traveled=V+55mi<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "V+H=97mi<BR>\n" );
document.write( "V+(V+55mi)=97mi<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2V=42mi<BR>\n" );
document.write( "V=21mi<BR>\n" );
document.write( "ANSWER: The van traveled 21 miles<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "H=V+55mi=21mi+55mi=76mi<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The helicopter traveled 76 mi.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "V+H=97 mi<BR>\n" );
document.write( "21 mi+76 mi=97 mi<BR>\n" );
document.write( "97 mi=97 mi<BR>\n" );
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