document.write( "Question 1095402: A motorist starts from city A at 2:00pm and travels to city B at an average speed of 30mi/hr. After resting at B for 1 hr, she returns over the same route at an average speed of 40mi/hr and arrives at A that evening at 6:30Pm.determine the distance between a and b
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Total travel time was 3.5 hours.
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document.write( "            SPEED      TIME        DISTANCE\r\n" );
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document.write( "A to B        30       \"d%2F30\"          d\r\n" );
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document.write( "B to A        40       \"d%2F40\"          d\r\n" );
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document.write( "Total                  \"3%261%2F2\"\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"d%281%2F30%2B1%2F40%29=7%2F2\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"d%284%2B3%29=420\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"d=420%2F7=%286%2A7%2A10%29%2F7\"\r
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