document.write( "Question 1042034: Harry drove for 6 hours on the freeway then decreased his speed by 20 miles per hour and drove for five more hours on a country road if his total trip was 560 miles then what was his speed on the freeway \n" ); document.write( "

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let r be Harry's rate on the freeway, then his other rate is r-20
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\n" ); document.write( "note rate * time = distance
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\n" ); document.write( "6r + 5(r-20) = 560
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\n" ); document.write( "6r + 5r -100 = 560
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\n" ); document.write( "11r = 660
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\n" ); document.write( "r = 60
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\n" ); document.write( "Harry's rate on the highway is 60 mph
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\n" ); document.write( "note our units are all in miles and hours so the rate is mph which is miles per hour
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