document.write( "Question 1045468: Due to inclement weather, the pilot of the plane slows down the plane's regular flying rate by 25%. This results an additional 1.5hours in covering 3000km distance to its regular time required for the trip. Find the regular rate of the trip \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "r, regular rate --- unknown quantity for this example\r\n" );
document.write( "f, fraction of regular rate  (assumed using either regular fraction OR decimalized)\r\n" );
document.write( "t, regular time expected ----- unknown also in this example\r\n" );
document.write( "h, amount of more time than regular\r\n" );
document.write( "d, distance for the trip\r\n" );
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document.write( "Conditions             RATE       TIME      DISTANCE\r\n" );
document.write( "REGULAR WEATHER         r           t        d\r\n" );
document.write( "INCLEMENT WTHR          (1-f)r     t+h       d\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "This is a typical type of travel rates example. Form the two equations and solve for t and r.\r
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