document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1067171>Question 1067171</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A passenger train left San Diego and went to San Francisco and back. The trip to San Francisco took three hours, but the return trip took four hours. If the train averaged six kilometers per hour on the trip back to San Diego, find the average speed of the train during the outbound trip. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #682364 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39618)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=682364\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Trip back took \"six kilometers per hour\"?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "                  SPEED        TIME       DISTANCE\r\n" );
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document.write( "OUTBOUND          r             3           d\r\n" );
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document.write( "RETRURNING        6             4           d\r\n" );
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document.write( "The return-trip information tells you the one-way trip distance is  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=6%2A4=d=24 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"6%2A4=d=24\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, in kilometers.   Does this really make sense to you?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If you want to continue working with that, then the outbound trip information means <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=r%2A3=d ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"r%2A3=d\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >,<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=r=24%2F3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"r=24%2F3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight_green%28r=8%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight_green%28r=8%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, the outbound trip speed.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Suggestion:  recheck the problem description, since some information may be wrong in your posted question.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<b>NOTE:</b>  Distance between those two locations should be much nearer to 738 kilometers. </SPAN>\n" );
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