document.write( "Question 1168133: Two sisters like to compete on their bike rides. Autumn can go 4 mph faster than her sister, Jacqueline. If it takes Jacqueline one hour longer than Autumn to go 24 miles, how fast can Jacqueline ride her bike? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Write the \"time\" equation\r\n" );
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document.write( "     -  = 1  hours,\r\n" );
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document.write( "where x is the Jacqueline's rate.\r\n" );
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document.write( "You can reduce it to the quadratic equation and solve it by any way.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Or, alternatively, you can guess the solution.\r\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER.  Jacqueline's rate is 8 miles per hour.\r\n" );
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document.write( "         Autumn's age is 12 miles per hour.\r\n" );
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document.write( "CHACK.   -  = 3 - 2 = 1 hour.\r\n" );
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