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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Exits on a highway are numbered consecutively from 1 to 50. The distance from exit 41 to exit 50 is 100 km. If each exit is at least 6 km from the next exit, what is the longest possible distance, in kilometers, between exit 47 and exit 48?\r
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document.write( "Assume that the distance between each other pair of exits is exactly 6 km. It doesn't contradict to the condition, hence, it is allowed.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The total number of intervals in the highway between exits 41 and 50 is 9 (nine).\r\n" );
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document.write( "The number of intervals others than (47-48) is 9-1 = 8.\r\n" );
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document.write( "8*6 = 48.\r\n" );
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document.write( "100 - 48 = 52.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Answer.  the longest possible distance, in kilometers, between exit 47 and exit 48  is 52 kilometers.\r\n" );
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