document.write( "Question 1087930: Jamie recently drove to visit her parents who live 560 miles away. On her way there her average speed was 24 miles per hour faster than on her way home (she ran into some bad weather). If Jamie spent a total of 16 hours driving, find the two rates. \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "Speed going to her parents , r+24\r\n" );
document.write( "Speed coming back home, r\r\n" );
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document.write( "                     RATE          TIME          DISTANCE\r\n" );
document.write( "GOING TO             r+24          560/(r+24)      560\r\n" );
document.write( "RETURN HOME          r             560/r           560\r\n" );
document.write( "Total                               16\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"560%2F%28r%2B24%29%2B560%2Fr=16\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"35%2F%28r%2B24%29%2B35%2Fr=1\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"35r%2B35%28r%2B24%29=r%5E2%2B24r\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"35r%2B35r%2B35%2A24=r%5E2%2B24r\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"r%5E2%2B24r-70r-35%2A24=0\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"r%5E2-46r-35%2A24=0\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "discriminant is \"74%5E2\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"r=%2846%2B-+74%29%2F2\"
\n" ); document.write( "choose the positive value of r.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"r=%2846%2B74%29%2F2\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%28r=60%29\", trip home, speed
\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%2884%29\", trip going to parents
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