document.write( "Question 1131885: I need help solving this problem, \"After driving at a certain speed for 5 hours Dave realizes that he could have covered the same distance in 3 hours if he had driven 22 mph faster. What distance did he travel during the 5 hour trip?\" \n" ); document.write( "
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rate * time = distance
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\n" ); document.write( "let r be Dave's initial rate and d be the distance of Dave's trip
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\n" ); document.write( "r * 5 = d
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\n" ); document.write( "(r+22) * 3 = d
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\n" ); document.write( "5r = 3 * (r+22)
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\n" ); document.write( "5r = 3r +66
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\n" ); document.write( "2r = 66
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\n" ); document.write( "r = 33
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\n" ); document.write( "33 * 5 = 165
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\n" ); document.write( "he traveled 165 miles in 5 hours
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