document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1109976>Question 1109976</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Heather drove to the mountains last weekend. There was heavy traffic on the way there, and the trip took 12<BR>\n" );
document.write( " hours. When Heather drove home, there was no traffic and the trip only took 8<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " 20 miles per hour faster on the trip home, how far away does Heather live from the mountains?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Do not do any rounding.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Two good answers from other tutors....<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now here is a non-traditional method that is faster for me.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The ratio of times is 12:8, or 3:2. Since the distances going and coming are the same; the ratio of speeds is 2:3.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "So let 2x be the speed on the way there; let 3x be the speed on the way back.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Her speed on the trip home was 20mph faster:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Her speed going was 2x = 40mph; her speed returning was 3x = 60mph.  Either calculation 12*40 or 8*60 will give you the distance, which is 480 miles. </SPAN>\n" );
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