document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1105157>Question 1105157</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> An avalanche rescue team travels 8.55 km along a snow-covered trail. For the first section, the trail is flat. The team averages a speed of 2.7 km/h. Then, the terrain becomes mountainous and their average speed is only 1.2 km/h. The one-way trip takes the team 4.0 h. Determine the distance that the team travels on each type of terrain </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " An avalanche rescue team travels 8.55 km along a snow-covered trail. For the first section, the trail is flat. The team averages a speed of 2.7 km/h. Then, the terrain becomes mountainous and their average speed is only 1.2 km/h. The one-way trip takes the team 4.0 h. Determine the distance that the team travels on each type of terrain <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Equations::<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Distance Equation:: f + s = 8.55 km<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Time Equation:::::f/2.7 + s/1.2 = 4 hrs<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Modify the Time equation::<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1.2f + 2.7s = 1.2*2.7*4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12f + 27s = 12*2.7*4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12f + 27s = 129.6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Modify the Distance equation::<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12f + 12s = 12*8.55<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Subtract and solve for \"s\":<BR>\n" );
document.write( "15s = 27 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "s = 9/5 = 1 4/5 km (mountainous leg distance)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8.55-1.8 =   7.75 = 7 3/4 km (flat leg distance)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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