document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=108296>Question 108296</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> At 10:00 A.M. a  car leaves a house at a rate of 60mi/h. At the same time another car leaves the same house at a rate of 50mi/h in the opposite direction. At what time will the cars be 330 miles apart? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "1st car DATA:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "rate = 60 mph ; time = x hrs ; distance = rt = 60x miles<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2nd car DATA:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "rate = 50 mph ; time = x hrs ; distance = rt = 50x miles<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "EQUATION:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "distance + distance = 330 miles<BR>\n" );
document.write( "60x + 50x = 330 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "110x = 330<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 3 hrs<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "10:00 AM + 3 hrs = 1:PM<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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