document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1016939>Question 1016939</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Harry drove for 3 hours on the freeway, then decreased his speed by 20 miles per hour and drove for 6 more hours on a country road, if his total trip was 492 miles, then what was his speed on the freeway? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Make Harry's speed on freeway = x mph<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Distance = Speed x Time<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Freeway distance = 3x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Speed on country road = (x - 20)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Country road distance = 6(x - 20)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Freeway + Country road = 492 miles<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x + 6(x - 20) = 492<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x + 6x - 120 = 492<BR>\n" );
document.write( "9x = 492 + 120<BR>\n" );
document.write( "9x = 612<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 612/9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 68mph<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Speed on freeway = 68 mph<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Speed on country road = 48 mph.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Hope this helps :-) </SPAN>\n" );
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