document.write( "Question 1207746: Two cars enter the Florida Turnpike at Commercial Boulevard at 8:00 AM, each heading for Wildwood.One car’s average speed is 10 miles per hour more than the other’s.The faster car arrives at Wildwood at 11:00 AM, (1/2) hour before the other car.What was the average speed of each car? How far did each travel? \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "                    SPEED             TIME           DISTANCE\r\n" );
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document.write( "SLOWER              r                 d/r              d\r\n" );
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document.write( "FASTER             r+10              d/(r+10)          d\r\n" );
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document.write( "DIFFERENCE                            1/2\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Just seem easier to pick the unknown distance that each travels until each
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "This analysis is better:
\n" ); document.write( "Both start at reference spot 8 a.m.
\n" ); document.write( "Faster car completes distance in 3 hours (at 11 a.m.)
\n" ); document.write( "so slower car needed 3.5 hours (the half hour difference)
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document.write( "                    SPEED             TIME           DISTANCE\r\n" );
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document.write( "SLOWER              r                 3.5              d\r\n" );
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document.write( "FASTER             r+10               3.0              d\r\n" );
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document.write( "DIFFERENCE                            1/2\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight_green%28%28r%29%283.5%29=%28r%2B10%29%283%29%29\"-------because both traveled the same distance.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"3.5r=3r%2B30\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"0.5r=30\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%28r=60%29\"----------speed for slower car\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"r%2B10=highlight%2870%29\"--------speed for faster car \n" ); document.write( "
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