document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1068086>Question 1068086</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Jill is 14 kilometers away from joe. Both begin to walk toward each other at the same time. Jill walks at 1.5 kilometers her hour. They meet in 4 hours. How fast is joe walking? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "they begin walking towards each other.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "jill walks at 1.5 kilometers per hour.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "they meet in 4 hours.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "how fast is joe walking?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "if they meet in the middle in 4 hours, than each has been talking for 4 hours.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "rate * time= distance.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "jill walks at 1.5 km per hour for 4 hours.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "total distance she travels is 6 km.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6 from 14 is 8 km.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "joe must have walked 8 km in 4 hours.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "rate * time = distance.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "for joe, this becomes rate * 4 = 8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "solve for rate to get rate = 2.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "joe walks at the rate of 2 km per hour.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "jill walks at 1.5km per hour for 4 hours towards joe.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "joe walks at 2 km per hour for 4 hours towards jill.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "they meet in the middle when jill has talked 6 km and joe has walked 8 km.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "solution is joe walks at the rate of 2 km per hour.\r<BR>\n" );
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