document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=86746>Question 86746</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If a dirt track car is going around an oval dirt track that is 1/4 mile long, at a lap time of 13.6 seconds, what is an average speed the car is going per lap. Or what is an equation i can use to figure out the approxiamate speed of the car. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #62772 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Flake><B>Flake(45)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-07.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Flake><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=62772\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The speed express in terms of distance over time  S = D/T\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "---Step#1:  Calculating Speed<BR>\n" );
document.write( "In this case the cart travele 1/4 miles in 13.6 sec.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So S=(0.25 miles ) / (13.6 sec)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "---Step#2:  Converting to MPH<BR>\n" );
document.write( "In most cases speed is discribed as mph or miles-per-hour.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Solve this conversion\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=S=%280.25miles%2F13.6sec%29%2A%2860sec%2F1minute%29%2A%2860minutes%2F1hour%29+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"S=%280.25miles%2F13.6sec%29%2A%2860sec%2F1minute%29%2A%2860minutes%2F1hour%29+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "******Notice how the sec. and minutes cancel out and only the hour remain**** </SPAN>\n" );
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