document.write( "Question 1122397: maria left the mall and drove north. jimmy left one hour later driving at 24 km/h in an effort to catch up to maria. after driving for 5 hours jimmy finally caught up. find maria's average speed \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "               SPEED     TIME         DISTANCE\r\n" );
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document.write( "jimmy            24        5             d\r\n" );
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document.write( "maria            r                       d\r\n" );
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document.write( "difference                1\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Maria's speed r is to be found. Maria's time is to be found.\r
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document.write( "               SPEED     TIME         DISTANCE\r\n" );
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document.write( "jimmy            24        5            120\r\n" );
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document.write( "maria            r        6             120\r\n" );
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document.write( "difference                1\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Since the time difference had to be 1 hour as given, Maria going slower, had to travel for MORE time; 6 hours.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"120%2F6\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%28r=20%29\"----------kilometers per hour, Maria \n" ); document.write( "
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