document.write( "Question 1179484: Pablo can drive 5 times as fast as Jose can ride his bicycle. If it takes Jose 2 hours longer than Pablo to travel 15 miles, how fast can Jose ride his bicycle?\r
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document.write( "Let r be the Jose's rate bicycling, in miles per hour.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then, according to the condition, the Pablo's rate driving is 5r miles per hour (five times as fast).\r\n" );
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document.write( "Jose's time bicycling 15 miles  is    hours.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Pablo's time driving 15 miles  is   =   hours.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The difference of times is 2 hours, giving you equation\r\n" );
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document.write( "     -  = 2  hours.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Simplify and find \"r\" \r\n" );
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document.write( "     = 2;\r\n" );
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document.write( "    r =  = 6 miles per hour.\r\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER.  Jose rides his bicycle at  6 miles per hour.\r\n" );
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