document.write( "Question 1195933: You and your roommate decided to take a road trip to the beach one weekend. You drove all the
\n" ); document.write( "way to the beach at an average speed of 60 miles per hour. Your roommate drove all the way back
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Algebra.Com's Answer #828562 by josgarithmetic(39617) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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document.write( "                  SPEED             TIME           DISTANCE\r\n" );
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document.write( "GOING TO            60               d/60              d\r\n" );
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document.write( "RETURNING           75               d/75              d\r\n" );
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document.write( "TOTAL                                 9\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The denominators are $\"2%2A2%2A3%2A5\"$ and $\"3%2A5%2A5\"$ .
\n" ); document.write( "Common denominator could be $\"2%2A2%2A3%2A5%2A5\"$ .\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"%28d%2F60%29%285%2F5%29%2B%28d%2F75%29%28%282%2A2%29%2F%282%2A2%29%29=9\"$ \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"9d%2F300=9\"$ \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"d=9%28300%2F9%29\"$ \r
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