document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=96486>Question 96486</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/9780132402866/algebrahomeworkh>Sullivan: College Algebra</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> two cyclists leave the city at the same time, one going east and the other going west. The westbound cyclist bikes 5mph faster than the eastbound cyclist. after 6 hours they are 246 miles apart. How fast is each cyclist riding? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "West-bound DATA:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Rate = x+5 mph ; time = 6 hrs. ; distance = 6(x+5) = 6x+30 miles<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "East-bound DATA:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Rate = x mph ; time = 6 hrs. ; distance = 6x miles<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "distance + distance = 246 miles<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6x+30 + 6x = 246<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12x = 216<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 18 mph (rate of East-bound cyclist)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+5 = 23 mph (rate of West-bound cyclist)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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