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The driving distance between Boston and NYC is 220 miles. At 10:00am, Alecia starts out driving from Boston to NYC and drives at an average speed of 70MPH. At 11:00am that same day, Burt starts out driving from NYC to Boston on the same route (opposite direction) and he drives at an average speed of 65MPH. Assuming neither makes any stops along the way: 1) at what time will they pass one another; and 2) how far will each have driven at that point?
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Let time Burt takes to get to the PASSING point be T\r\n" );
document.write( "Then time Alecia takes to get to the PASSING point is: T + 1 \r\n" );
document.write( "We then get the following DISTANCE equation: 65T + 70(T + 1) = 220\r\n" );
document.write( "65T + 70T + 70 = 220\r\n" );
document.write( "135T = 150\r\n" );
document.write( "Time Burt takes to get to the PASSING point, or \r\n" );
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document.write( "This gives us a time, from Burt starts driving, of: 1 hour, 6 minutes, 40 seconds.\r\n" );
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document.write( "1 hour, 6 minutes, and 40 seconds AFTER Burt leaves, at 11:00 a.m., is: \r\n" );
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document.write( "With Alecia starting out at 10:00 a.m., 1 hour before Burt, time she takes to get to PASSING point = \r\n" );
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document.write( "With Burt taking , travelling at 65 mph, distance he travels to get to PASSING point = \r\n" );
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document.write( "With Alecia taking , travelling at 70 mph, distance she travels to get to PASSING point =

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