document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1090145>Question 1090145</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Shen drove to the mountains last weekend. There was heavy traffic on the way there, and the trip took <BR>\n" );
document.write( "6<BR>\n" );
document.write( " hours. When Shen drove home, there was no traffic and the trip only took <BR>\n" );
document.write( "4<BR>\n" );
document.write( " hours. If his average rate was <BR>\n" );
document.write( "22<BR>\n" );
document.write( " miles per hour faster on the trip home, how far away does Shen live from the mountains?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #704541 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><B>Boreal(15235)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><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=Boreal><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=704541\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> speed going was x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "time was 6 hours<BR>\n" );
document.write( "distance was 6x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "coming back speed was x+22<BR>\n" );
document.write( "time was 4 hours<BR>\n" );
document.write( "distance was 4(x+22)=4x+88<BR>\n" );
document.write( "those two numbers are the same, so 6x=4x+88<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x=88<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=44 mph, and distance was 264 miles ANSWER<BR>\n" );
document.write( "check with return trip at 66 mph for 4 hours, which is also 264 miles.<BR>\n" );
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