document.write( "Question 1064448: supposs you have entered a 73-mile biathlon that consists of a tun and a bicycle race. during your run, your average velocity is 5 miles per hour, and during your bicycle race, your average velocity is 29 miles pet hour. you finish the race in 5 hours. what is the distance of the run? what is the distance of the bicycle race? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "                SPEED       TIME     DISTANCE\r\n" );
document.write( "RUN              5           x        5x\r\n" );
document.write( "BICYCLE         29           y        29y\r\n" );
document.write( "TOTAL                        5        73\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"system%28x%2By=5%2C5x%2B29y=73%29\"$ \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"5%285-y%29%2B29y=73\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"25-5y%2B29y=73\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"25%2B24y=73\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"24y=73-25\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"24y=48\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"highlight%28y=2%29\"$ \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "DISTANCE OF THE BICYCLE
\n" ); document.write( " $\"29y\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"29%2A2\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"highlight%2858%2Amiles%29\"$ ---------the bicycle portion\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "DISTANCE OF THE RUN PORTION
\n" ); document.write( " $\"73-58\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"highlight%2815%2Amiles%29\"$ --------running portion \n" ); document.write( "

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