document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1207782>Question 1207782</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 1. Suppose that you have entered an 87-mile biathlon that consists of a run and a bicycle race. During Explaining Concepts:Discussion and Writing your run, your average speed is 6 miles per hour, and during your bicycle race, your average speed is 25 miles per hour. You finish the race in 5 hours. What is the distance of the run? What is the distance of the bicycle race? \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2. In the 1984 Olympics, C.Lewis of the United States won the gold medal in the 100-meter race with a time of 9.99 seconds. In the 1896 Olympics,Thomas Burke,also of the United States, won the gold medal in the 100-meter race in 12.0 seconds. If they ran in the same race repeating their respective times, by how many meters would Lewis beat Burke? \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1. Suppose that you have entered an 87-mile biathlon that consists of a run and a bicycle race. During <s>Explaining Concepts:Discussion and Writing</s> your run, your average speed is 6 miles per hour, and during your bicycle race, your average speed is 25 miles per hour. You finish the race in 5 hours. What is the distance of the run? What is the distance of the bicycle race?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In case helpful, you can arrange the information described in a table.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "             SPEEDS         TIME            DISTANCE\r\n" );
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document.write( "RUN             6\r\n" );
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document.write( "BIKE           25\r\n" );
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document.write( "Total                        5                   87\r\n" );
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document.write( "And you can figure what to do now from this. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "             SPEEDS         TIME            DISTANCE\r\n" );
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document.write( "RUN             6           5-x              6(5-x)\r\n" );
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document.write( "BIKE           25            x               25x\r\n" );
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document.write( "Total                        5                 87\r\n" );
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document.write( "Simple arithmetic from there.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Distance running, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=12 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"12\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > miles.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Distance biking, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=75 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"75\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > miles. </SPAN>\n" );
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