document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=95725>Question 95725</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Your school is 18 3/4miles south of Pittsburgh and your house is 44 1/4 miles south of Pittsburgh. You leave your school at 5:00pm, traveling south by bicycle at an average speed of 15 miles per hour. Your father leaves Pittsburgh in a car at 5:45pm. He is driving south at an average speed of 55 miles per hour. Let t represent the time it takes your father to drive from Pittsburgh toward your house.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a) Find the time it would take you to ride your bicycle home.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b)Find the time your father will arrive home.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "c)Write and equation to find your distance d1 from Pittsburgh after t hours </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #69783 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ankor@dixie-net.com><B>ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ankor@dixie-net.com><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=ankor@dixie-net.com><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=69783\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Your school is 18 3/4miles south of Pittsburgh and your house is 44 1/4 miles south of Pittsburgh. You leave your school at 5:00pm, traveling south by bicycle at an average speed of 15 miles per hour. Your father leaves Pittsburgh in a car at 5:45pm. He is driving south at an average speed of 55 miles per hour. Let t represent the time it takes your father to drive from Pittsburgh toward your house.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Time = dist/speed<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a) Find the time it would take you to ride your bicycle home.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let t1 = the time for your trip home (to differentiate from Dad's time)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Distance would be (44.25 - 18.75)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Speed is given as 15 mph<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "t1 = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28%2844.25-18.75%29%29%2F15 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28%2844.25-18.75%29%29%2F15\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "t1 = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%2825.2%29%2F15 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%2825.2%29%2F15\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "t1 = 1.7 hrs which is 1 + .7(60) = 1 hr 42 min<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b)Find the time your father will arrive home.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=44.25%2F55 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"44.25%2F55\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "t = .8045 * 60 = 48.3 min<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "c)Write an equation to find your distance d1 from Pittsburgh after t hours<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d1 = 15t + 18.75<BR>\n" );
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