document.write( "Question 1161107: khang and hector live 30.6 miles apart in southeastern missouri. they decide to bicycle towards eachother and meet somewhere in between. hectors rate of speed is 70% of khangs. they start out at the same time and meet 3 hours later. find hectors rate of speed \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "Let x be the Khang' speed, in miles per hour.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then the Hector' speed is 0.7x miles per hour.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The basic equation is\r\n" );
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document.write( "    3x + 3*0.7x = 30.6  miles.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Simplify and solve it\r\n" );
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document.write( "    3x + 2.1x   = 30.6\r\n" );
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document.write( "    5.1x        = 30.6\r\n" );
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document.write( "       x        = \"30.6%2F5.1\" = 6.\r\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER.  Khang' speed is 6 mph;  Hector' speed is  0.7*6 = 4.2 mph.\r\n" );
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