document.write( "Question 1091837: Scott drove to the mountains last weekend. There was heavy traffic on the way there, and the trip took
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Algebra.Com's Answer #706307 by MathTherapy(10552) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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Piece of advice: You don't have to determine the person's speed since that was not asked for.
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document.write( "You just need to set up a SPEED equation to find the distance.\r
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document.write( "I'm TIRED of seeing so many of these same \"mountain\" problems. Here is a list with 8 of them on here.
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document.write( "You will notice that problem # 969368 is EXACTLY like this one, with the exception that the person is YOKO instead of Scott. \n" );
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