document.write( "Question 1012827: Leah travels 270 km deb travels 250kmin the same time Leah drives 4km/h faster what sped are they each travelling at \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "Leah travels 270 km. Deb travels 250 km in the same time. Leah drives 4 km/h faster. what $\"highlight%28speed%29\"$ are they each travelling at ?
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document.write( "Let x be Leah' speed in .\r\n" );
document.write( "Then Deb' speed is (x-4) .\r\n" );
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document.write( "The equation is \r\n" );
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document.write( "To solve it, multiply both sides by x*(x-4). You will get\r\n" );
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document.write( "250x = 270*(x-4),\r\n" );
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document.write( "250x = 270x - 1080,\r\n" );
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document.write( "20x = 1080,\r\n" );
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document.write( "x =  = 54 .\r\n" );
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document.write( "Answer. Leah' speed was 54 . Deb' speed was 50 .\r\n" );
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