document.write( "Question 1147201: Ashley and Brittany are cousins were going on a trip with their families to visit their grandparents Mississippi the families decide to take two cars on the trip but both families leave from Ashley's house and take the same route. Ashley's family drive in one car and a steady rate at 40 mph Britney's family leaves two hours later and drive at a constant rate of 50 mph. both families arrive at the grandparents house at the same time. what is the distance from Ashley House to the grandparents house \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #768520 by ikleyn(52797) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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document.write( "Let d be the distance under the question.\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"A\" family spent    hours for their trip.\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"B\" family spent    hours for their trip.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Difference in time was 2 hours, according to the condition.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Hence, from the condition, you have this \"time\" equation\r\n" );
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document.write( "     -  = 2   hours.\r\n" );
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document.write( "To solve it, multiply both sides by 200. You will get\r\n" );
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document.write( "    5d - 4d = 2*200\r\n" );
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document.write( "     d      = 400.\r\n" );
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document.write( "It is your ANSWER :  the distance is  400 miles.\r\n" );
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