document.write( "Question 1069504: Gerry left at 4:00pm. traveling at 55 mph. Joe left one hour later and passed gerry at 9:00pm. How fast was Joe traveling? \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #684716 by josgarithmetic(39630) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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document.write( "Time is in quantity, not shown as time on the clock:\r\n" );
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document.write( "           SPEED      TIME      DISTANCE\r\n" );
document.write( "Gerry       55         5          d\r\n" );
document.write( "Joe          r        5-1=4       d\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Gerry's data easily gives the distance when Joe passed him.
\n" ); document.write( " $\"d=55%2A5\"$
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Joe's speed can be found now knowing d.
\n" ); document.write( " $\"r%2A4=d\"$ \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"r=d%2F4\"$ \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"r=275%2F4\"$ \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"highlight%28r=69%28miles%2Fhour%29%29\"$ \r
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