document.write( "Question 1161456: I'm studying for the SAT's and this question popped up.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Corrine drives d miles to her office at an average speed of 50 miles per hour. Returning home, she travels by the same route and averages 60 miles per hour. If her trip home is 10 minutes shorter than her trip to her office, what is the value of d?\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The practice book shows the equations would then be $\"+d=50%28t%2B1%2F6%29+\"$ and $\"+d=60%28t%29\"$ . It then shows it would substitute $\"+d=50%28t%2B1%2F6%29\"$ into $\"+50%28t%2B1%2F6%29=60t\"$ .\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "I just don't understand where they got the 1/6 from in the word problem. Could you please explain where the 1/6 came from so I can better understand how the equation was set up? \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #785013 by ikleyn(52933) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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document.write( "1/6  is    of an hour,  which is  10  minutes from the problem.\r\n" );
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