document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1044595>Question 1044595</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Tom and Bill are standing at two places on a straight road.  Tom starts<BR>\n" );
document.write( "walking toward Bill and arrives at Bill's original place 11 minutes after<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Bill had left.  At perhaps a different time, Bill starts walking toward Tom<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and arrives at Tom's original place 15 minutes after Tom had left.  When<BR>\n" );
document.write( "each reaches the other's original place, he immediately turns and starts<BR>\n" );
document.write( "back, and they meet in the center at 4:00.  Assuming that they walked at<BR>\n" );
document.write( "constant rates, when did each start to travel on the road? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >= time in minutes for Bill to walk to the center of the road<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Counting time in minutes starting at 4:00.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Tom left home at <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-3t ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-3t\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > (meaning <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3t ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3t\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > minutes before 4:00)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Bill left home at <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-3b ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-3b\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > (meaning <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3b ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3b\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > minutes before 4:00).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Tom arrived at Bill's at <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-t ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-t\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > .<BR>\n" );
document.write( "According to the problem that was <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-3b%2B11 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-3b%2B11\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > , so <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-t=-3b%2B11 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-t=-3b%2B11\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><--><IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=t=3b-11 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"t=3b-11\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > .<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Bill arrived at Tom's at <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-b ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-b\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > .<BR>\n" );
document.write( "According to the problem that was <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-3t%2B15 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-3t%2B15\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > , so <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-b=-3t%2B15 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-b=-3t%2B15\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><--><IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b=3t-15 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b=3t-15\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > .<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=system%28t=3b-11%2Cb=3t-15%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"system%28t=3b-11%2Cb=3t-15%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >---><IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=system%28t=3b-11%2Cb=3%283b-11%29-15%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"system%28t=3b-11%2Cb=3%283b-11%29-15%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >---><IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=system%28t=3b-11%2Cb=9b-33-15%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"system%28t=3b-11%2Cb=9b-33-15%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >---><IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=system%28t=3b-11%2Cb=9b-48%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"system%28t=3b-11%2Cb=9b-48%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >---><IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=system%28t=3b-11%2Cb-9b=-48%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"system%28t=3b-11%2Cb-9b=-48%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >}---><IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=system%28t=3b-11%2C-8b=-48%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"system%28t=3b-11%2C-8b=-48%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >---><IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=system%28t=3b-11%2Cb=%28-48%29%2F%28-8%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"system%28t=3b-11%2Cb=%28-48%29%2F%28-8%29%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >---><IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=system%28t=3b-11%2Cb=6%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"system%28t=3b-11%2Cb=6%29%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >---><IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=system%28t=3%2A6-11%2Cb=6%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"system%28t=3%2A6-11%2Cb=6%29%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >---><IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=system%28t=7%2Cb=6%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"system%28t=7%2Cb=6%29%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "So, Tom left <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3t=3%2A7=21 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3t=3%2A7=21\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > minutes before 4:00, at <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=60-21=39 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"60-21=39\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > minutes after 3:00, meaning at <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight%28%223%3A39%22%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight%28%223%3A39%22%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > , and<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Bill left <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3b=3%2A76=18 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3b=3%2A76=18\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > minutes before 4:00, at <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=60-18=42 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"60-18=42\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > minutes after 3:00, meaning at <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight%28%223%3A42%22%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight%28%223%3A42%22%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > . </SPAN>\n" );
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