document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1013083>Question 1013083</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Charmaine drove to the mountains last weekend. There was heavy traffic on the way there, and the trip took <BR>\n" );
document.write( "12<BR>\n" );
document.write( " hours. When Charmaine drove home, there was no traffic and the trip only took <BR>\n" );
document.write( "8<BR>\n" );
document.write( " hours. If her average rate was <BR>\n" );
document.write( "20<BR>\n" );
document.write( " miles per hour faster on the trip home, how far away does Charmaine live from the mountains? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "(rate going) x (time going)=(rate returning) x (time returning)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let R=rate going; R+20=rate returning<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(R)(12 hours)=(R+20)(8 hours)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12R=8R+160<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4R=160<BR>\n" );
document.write( "R=40<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Her rate on the way was 40 mph.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Distance=Rate x Time<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Distance=(40 mph)(12 hours)=480 miles<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER: She lives 480 miles from the mountains.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "CHECK:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "480 miles=(Rate returning) x (Time returning)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "480 miles=(40 mph+20mph)(8 hours)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "480 miles=(60mph)(8 hours)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "480 miles=480 miles<BR>\n" );
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