document.write( "Question 1102959: A light aircraft travels 4 miles per hour less than three times the speed of a motorcycle. If the motorcycle can travel 102 miles in the same time it takes the aircraft to travel 294 miles, then what is the average speed of each? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Let x be the speed of the motorcycle.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then the speed of the aircraft is 3x-4.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Your \"time equation\" is THIS:\r\n" );
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document.write( "102*(3x-4) = 294*x\r\n" );
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