document.write( "Question 1196158: Kosumi and Rahquez both leave the internet cafe at the same time, but in opposite directions. If Rahquez travels 5 mph faster than Kosumi and after 8 hours they are 264 miles apart, how fast is each traveling?
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document.write( "Let x be the slower rate (in miles per hour); then the faster rate is (x+5) mph.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Write an equation for the total separating distance\r\n" );
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document.write( "    8*x + 8*(x+5) = 264.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Simplify step by step\r\n" );
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document.write( "    8x + 8x + 40 = 264\r\n" );
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document.write( "      16x        = 264 - 40\r\n" );
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document.write( "      16x        =   224\r\n" );
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document.write( "        x        =   224/16 = 14.\r\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER.  The slower rate was 14 mph;  the faster rate was 14 + 5 = 19 mph.\r\n" );
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document.write( "CHECK.  8*14 + 8*19 = 264 miles, the total separating distance.   ! Correct !\r\n" );
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