document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1118110>Question 1118110</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Brendan and Andrew both leave the library at the same time, but in opposite directions. If Andrew travels 7 mph faster than Brendan and after 9 hours they are 207 miles apart, how fast is each traveling?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The sum of their speeds is the rate at which the distance between them is increasing; that rate is 207/9 = 23 mph.  Then<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "let x = Brendan's speed<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then x+7 = Andrew's speed<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + (x+7) = 23<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Solve formally with basic algebra if required; or solve informally using logical reasoning. </SPAN>\n" );
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