document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1121067>Question 1121067</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A family takes a weekend trip to the lake. On the trip to the lake the road is dry, but on the trip home the road is slippery, so their speed home is only half as fast as their speed to the lake. The trip is 60 miles each way and the round trip takes 3 hours. What is the speed of the at on the dry road?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #736803 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=htmentor><B>htmentor(1343)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-12.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=htmentor><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=htmentor><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=736803\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Let the speed home = s<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then the speed to the lake is 2s<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The round trip time is 3 hours and each leg of the trip is 60 miles<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Therefore we can express the time as t = t1 + t2 = 60/2s + 60/s = 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Solving for s gives 180/2s = 3, s = 30<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The speed on dry road is 2*30 = 60 mph </SPAN>\n" );
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