document.write( "Question 1061926: An accountant rides a bus part of the way to work every day and walks the rest of the way. The bus averages 35 mph, and the accountant walks at a speed of 6 mph. The distance from home to work is 18 mi, and the total time for the trip
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Let distance he rides the bus, be D
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document.write( "Then distance he walks = 18 – D
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document.write( "Time taken to ride bus: 
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document.write( "Time taken to walk: 
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document.write( "We then get the following TIME equation: 
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document.write( "6D + 35(18 – D) = 2(210) ------ Multiplying by LCD, 210
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document.write( "6D + 630 – 35D = 420
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document.write( "6D – 35D = 420 – 630
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document.write( "– 29D = - 210
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document.write( "D, or distance he rides the bus = 
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document.write( "Distance he walks:  \n" );
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