document.write( "Question 1125632: Juan drove to the mountains last weekend. There was heavy traffic on the way there, and the trip took 8 hours. When Juan drove home, there was no traffic and the trip only took 6 hours. If his average rate was 16 miles per hour faster on the trip home, how far away does Juan live from the mountains? \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #741946 by josgarithmetic(39623) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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document.write( "                       SPEED            TIME(hours)   DISTANCE(miles)\r\n" );
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document.write( "GONE TO MOUNTAINS        r                 8           d\r\n" );
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document.write( "BACK TO HOME            r+16               6           d\r\n" );
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