document.write( "Question 1054600: Marge left her home in Springfield at 9:00 A.M. and drove to Shelbyville, arriving at 10:45 A.M.
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document.write( "She went shopping at the Shelbyville Galleria and had lunch at Krusty Burger in the food court. She
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document.write( "left to return home at 2:15 P.M. Because it had started raining, she drove 10 mph slower than she
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document.write( "did that morning. Marge got home at 4:15 P.M. What is the distance between the two cities? \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #669786 by josmiceli(19441)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Her driving time to Shelbyville was \n" ); document.write( "10:45 minus 9:00 = \n" ); document.write( "( I converted 45 min to \n" ); document.write( "---------------------------------- \n" ); document.write( "Her driving time back to Springfield was \n" ); document.write( "4:15 minus 2:15 = \n" ); document.write( "---------------------------------- \n" ); document.write( "Let \n" ); document.write( "driving to Shelbyville \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "to Springfield in mi/hr \n" ); document.write( "---------------------------------- \n" ); document.write( "Let \n" ); document.write( "the two cities in miles \n" ); document.write( "---------------------------------- \n" ); document.write( "Equation for drive to Shelbyville: \n" ); document.write( "(1) \n" ); document.write( "Equation for drive back to Springfield: \n" ); document.write( "(2) \n" ); document.write( "---------------------------------- \n" ); document.write( "Substitute (1) into (2) \n" ); document.write( "(2) \n" ); document.write( "(2) \n" ); document.write( "(2) \n" ); document.write( "(2) \n" ); document.write( "-------------------- \n" ); document.write( "(1) \n" ); document.write( "(1) \n" ); document.write( "(1) \n" ); document.write( "the distance between the 2 cities is 140 mi \n" ); document.write( "-------------------- \n" ); document.write( "check answer: \n" ); document.write( "(2) \n" ); document.write( "(2) \n" ); document.write( "(2) \n" ); document.write( "(2) \n" ); document.write( "OK \n" ); document.write( " |