document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1124835>Question 1124835</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A manager travels 2000 miles in a jet and then an additional 500 miles by car.  If the car takes one hour longer than the jet ride, and if the speed of the jet is 5 times that of the car, find the time the manager travels by jet and by car, respectively. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x be the speed of the car; then 5x is the speed of the jet.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "time = distance divided by speed:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "time in jet = 2000/5x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "time in car = 500/x<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The time in the car is 1 hour more than the time in the jet:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "500/x = 2000/5x+1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "500/x = 400/x+1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "100/x = 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 100<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The speed of the car is x = 100mph; the speed of the jet is 5x = 500mph.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The time in the car is 500/100 = 5 hours; the time in the jet is 2000/500 = 4 hours. </SPAN>\n" );
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