document.write( "Question 1118767: carol needs to travel from her home in Collinsville to stoney point. She can travel 25 miles via a rural route at 50mph or a longer distance at 70mph along the interstates. The eastern portions of the interstate is 5 miles less than the northern portion of the interstate.\r
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document.write( "how long(time) will it take carol to drive the rural route?\r
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document.write( "how long (miles) will it take Carol to drive the interstate route?\r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #734204 by ikleyn(52803)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! .\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "As I understand the condition, it represents (in encrypted form) the following information:\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \r\n" ); document.write( " There are two legs of the right angled triangle - interstate highways,\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( " the eastern portion, and the northern portion. \r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( " One leg is 5 miles shorter than the other.\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( " The hypotenuse is 25 miles - the rural route.\r\n" ); document.write( "\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "I don't like very much this way of presenting problems, when the solution is to de-encrypt the authors words.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So, I will not solve it farther. My work on de-encrypting is just enough.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "I only want to add that from my de-encrypting it follows immediately that the triangle is (3-4-5) right-angled \r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "triangle with the legs of 15 and 20 miles and the hypotenuse of 25 miles.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "From this point, you can easily complete the solution on your own. \n" ); document.write( "\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |