document.write( "Question 1134427: Normally it takes John 2.5 hours to drive from his house to his office. Due to yesterday's snowy weather he was driving 10 mph slower than usually, and it took 3 hours. How many miles is the office away from John's house? Thank you for solving this problem! :) \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "Normally it takes John 2.5 hours to drive from his house to his office. Due to yesterday's snowy weather he was driving 10 mph slower than usually, and it took 3 hours. How many miles is the office away from John's house? Thank you for solving this problem! :)
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Let distance be D
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document.write( "Then we get the following SPEED equation: 
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document.write( "6D = 5D + 150 ----- Multiplying by LCD, 15
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document.write( "6D - 5D = 150
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