document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1177590>Question 1177590</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a truck left a rest stop on the highway at 12 noon going north at a rate of 50 miles per hour. one hour later a car left the same rest stop going south at the rate of 60 miles per hour. at what time were the two vehicles 325 miles apart? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " going north at a rate of 50 miles per hour.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " one hour later <BR>\n" );
document.write( "a car left the same rest stop going south<BR>\n" );
document.write( " at the rate of 60 miles per hour.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "At 1.00 PM the truck has already gone 50 miles North.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Car and Truck are moving in opposite directions<BR>\n" );
document.write( "effective speed = 110 mph<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Actual distance = 375-50=275 miles\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "t=d/s\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "= 275 /110\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2.5 hours \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "They will be 325 miles apart at 3.30 PM\r<BR>\n" );
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