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\n" ); document.write( "larry's time to travel 156 kilometers is 1 hour more than terrell's time to travel 108 kilometers.
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document.write( "Let Larry' speed be x km/h.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then Terrel' speed is (x+2) km/h.\r\n" );
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document.write( "From the condition, you have this \"time\" equation\r\n" );
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document.write( "     -  = 1.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Reduce it to the standard form quadratic equation and solve it, using EITHER the quadratic formula OR factoring.\r\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER.  Larry' speed is 52 km/h;  Terrel' speed is 54 km/h.\r\n" );
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