document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1195933>Question 1195933</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> You and your roommate decided to take a road trip to the beach one weekend. You drove all the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "way to the beach at an average speed of 60 miles per hour. Your roommate drove all the way back<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(on the same route, but with no traffic) at an average rate of 75 miles per hour. If the round trip<BR>\n" );
document.write( "drive took a total of 9 hours, how many miles was the trip to the beach? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Both responses from other tutors show a typical formal algebraic solution using the time equation \"time going plus time returning equals 9 hours\".<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Here is a very different way to solve problems like this quickly and easily when the numbers are \"nice\".<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The distances both directions are of course the same; the ratio of speeds is 60:75 = 4:5; that means the ratio of times at the two speeds is 5:4.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Since the total time was 9 hours, the trip to the beach took 5 hours and the trip back took 4 hours.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The distance to the beach was either 5 hours at 60mph equals 300 miles or 4 hours at 75mph equals 300 miles.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "ANSWER: 300 miles<br><BR>\n" );
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