document.write( "Question 1144885: From the town proper, Eric went to his farm riding on a bicycle at 15kph. He stayed in the farm for an hour. Leaving his bicycle behind, he took a bus which runs at 30 kph. If he was gone for 7 hours in his hometown, how far from the town was his farm? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Let \"d\" be the distance under the question, in kilometers.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then you have this time equation\r\n" );
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document.write( "     + 1 +  = 7   hopurs.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Simplify\r\n" );
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document.write( "     +  = 6.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply both sides by 30\r\n" );
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document.write( "    2d + d = 180\r\n" );
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document.write( "    3d     = 180\r\n" );
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document.write( "     d     = 180/3 = 60.\r\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER.  60 kilometers.\r\n" );
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