document.write( "Question 1194355: A man traveled a distance of 960 kilometers by ship to an island. He returned by plane. The rate of the plane was 20 times the rate of the ship. He spent 42 hours on the trip. Find the rate of the ship and the rate if the plane. \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "                      SPEEDS        TIME          DISTANCE\r\n" );
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document.write( "SHIP                   r           960/r           960\r\n" );
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document.write( "PLANE                 20r          960/(20r)       960\r\n" );
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document.write( "TOTAL                               42\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "Easily formulate equation and solve for r, in $\"960%2Fr%2B960%2F%2820r%29=42\"$ . \n" ); document.write( "

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