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document.write( "Wanatobe walked to the moot at 4 miles per hour and then rode back home
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document.write( "in bus at 24 miles per hour. If her total traveling time was 14 hours,
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document.write( "how far was it to the moot?
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document.write( "Let x be the one-way distance, in miles.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The time spent walking is  hours.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The time spent by bus is  .\r\n" );
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document.write( "The total time equation is\r\n" );
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document.write( " + = 14 hours.\r\n" );
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document.write( "It is your basic equation to solve and to find x.\r\n" );
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document.write( "To solve it, multiply both sides of the equation by 24. You will get\r\n" );
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document.write( " 6x + x = 14*24\r\n" );
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document.write( " 7x = 14*24\r\n" );
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document.write( " x = 2*24 = 48.\r\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER. One way distance is 48 miles.\r\n" );
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document.write( "CHECK. The time walking = 48/4 = 12 hours.\r\n" );
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document.write( " The time by bus = 48/24 = 2 hours.\r\n" );
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document.write( " Total time 12 + 2 = 14 hours. ! correct !\r\n" );
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document.write( "Solved.\r
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