document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1042630>Question 1042630</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Artie the Ant walked directly from the very bottom to the very top of a 108 foot tall tree and directly back down. Artie walked up the tree at a rate of 1.5 feet per minute and down the tree at a rate of 2.25 feet per minute. How many minutes did the round trip take? \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Answer: 120 minutes (How?) </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #657626 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><B>jim_thompson5910(35256)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=657626\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> \"Artie walked up the tree at a rate of 1.5 feet per minute\", so r = 1.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The tree is 108 ft tall, so d = 108\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "D = r*t<BR>\n" );
document.write( "108 = 1.5*t<BR>\n" );
document.write( "108/1.5 = (1.5*t)/1.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "72 = t<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t = 72\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It took Artie 72 minutes to go up the tree\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\"Artie walked...down the tree at a rate of 2.25 feet per minute\", so r = 2.25<BR>\n" );
document.write( "D = 108 is the distance from the top to the bottom of the tree\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "D = r*t<BR>\n" );
document.write( "108 = 2.25*t<BR>\n" );
document.write( "108/2.25 = (2.25*t)/2.25<BR>\n" );
document.write( "48 = t<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t = 48\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It took Artie 48 minutes to go down the tree\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In total, the ant traveled for 72+48 = 120 minutes </SPAN>\n" );
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