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document.write( "Suppose that a cyclist began a 476<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "mi ride across a state at the western edge of the&#8203; state, at the same time that a car traveling toward it leaves the eastern end of the state. If the bicycle and car met after 8.5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "hr and the car traveled 39.6<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "mph faster than the&#8203; bicycle, find the average rate of each. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Hint:  The car travelled 39.6 times 8.5 miles farther than the bicycle and the sum of the distances travelled is 476.  Average speed is distance travelled divided by the time.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \  x\ +\ x\ +\ (39.6\ \times\ 8.5)\ =\ 476\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\">.  Then divide <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\"> by 8.5 to find the average speed of the bicycle.  The average speed of the car is 39.6 mph faster than that.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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