document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=105598>Question 105598</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Lois rode her bike to visit a friend. She traveled at 10mi/h. While she was there, it began to rain. Her friend drove her home in a car traveling at 25mi/h. Lois took 1.5h longer to go to her friend's than to return home. How many hours did it take Lois to ride to her friend's house?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #76860 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=askmemath><B>askmemath(368)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-10.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=askmemath><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=76860\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Since Lois travelled from home to her ftiend's house and back the distance travelled is same. Let this distance = D<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Time taken on her cycle <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=t_1=+D%2F10 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"t_1=+D%2F10\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Time taken in the car <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=t_2=+D%2F25 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"t_2=+D%2F25\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Given that difference in time = 1.5 hours <BR>\n" );
document.write( "i.e. <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+t_1+-+t_2+=+1.5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+t_1+-+t_2+=+1.5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "or <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28D%2F10%29+-+%28D%2F25%29+=+1.5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28D%2F10%29+-+%28D%2F25%29+=+1.5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Can you solve for D?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Once you find D, simply divide by 10 to find how long Lois took to reach her friend's house  </SPAN>\n" );
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