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Algebra.Com's Answer #702681 by ikleyn(52852) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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document.write( "The Alan's rate is  of the distance D to the library per minute.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The Bob's rate is  of the distance D to the library per minute.\r\n" );
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document.write( "During t minutes Alan will cover the distance  , and will be at the distance  from the library.\r\n" );
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document.write( "          while  Bob  will cover the distance  , and will be at the distance  from the library.\r\n" );
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document.write( "They ask you: find t in the way that\r\n" );
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document.write( "Cancel D in both sides and multiply both sides by 5. You will get\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now multiply by 40 both sides. You will get\r\n" );
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document.write( "5*(40-2t) = 2*(40-t)  ====>  200 - 10t = 80 - 2t  ====>  200 - 80 = 10t - 2t  ====>  8t = 120  ====>  t = 15 minutes.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Answer.  The time under the question is 15 minutes.\r\n" );
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