document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1016250>Question 1016250</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If two friends are hiking towards each other on a 17.5 mile hike. One walks 2 2/3 mile an hour and the other 2 1/3 mike n hour. When will they meet? Hour and mile? Who hiked farther? By how much?  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " One walks 2 2/3 mile an hour and the other 2 1/3 mike n hour.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " When will they meet? Hour and mile?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let t = time for them to meet<BR>\n" );
document.write( "When they meet, the sum of their distances will be 17.5 mi, <BR>\n" );
document.write( "change their speeds to improper fractions<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Write a distance equation, dist = speed * time<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=8%2F3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"8%2F3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >t + <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=7%2F3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"7%2F3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >t = 17.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "multiply by 3 to get rid of those annoying fractions<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8t + 7t = 3(17.5)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "15t = 52.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t = 52.5/15<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t = 3.5 hrs for them to meet<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Find the distance each walked, they should add up 17.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=8%2F3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"8%2F3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >(3.5) = 9.33 mi<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=7%2F3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"7%2F3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >(3.5) = 8.17 mi<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "total distance: 17.5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\" Who hiked farther? By how much?; I'll let you figure this out  </SPAN>\n" );
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