document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1144885>Question 1144885</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 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? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "He was at the farm for 1 hour, so the total travel time was 6 hours.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The ratio of the two speeds is 15:30 = 1:2; since the distances are the same, the ratio of the times at the two speeds is 2:1.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "So the 6 hours total travel time was 4 hours by bicycle at 15kph and 2 hours by bus at 30kph.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "So the distance to the farm is 4*15 = 2*30 = 60km. </SPAN>\n" );
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