document.write( "Question 1052974: I need step by step instruction on how to solve this word problem; suppose a auto racer won a 500 mile race with a time of 1:48:33. At one point the racer was 60 miles closer to the finish than the start. How far from the start was the racer?
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document.write( "Let d be the distance under the question.\r\n" );
document.write( "Then the distance to the finish is (500-d), and your condition says \r\n" );
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document.write( "d - (500-d) = 60.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Simplify and solve:\r\n" );
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document.write( "2d - 500 = 60,\r\n" );
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document.write( "2d = 60 + 500,\r\n" );
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document.write( "2d = 560  --->  d =  = 280.\r\n" );
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