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\n" ); document.write( "Town P and town Q are 720km apart.Maggie & Andrew left town P at the same time. The average speed of Andrew was 40km per hour, Maggies was 60km per hour. As soon as they passed Point K which was 1/3 of the total distance,Maggie began to travel at a speed of 80km per hour. Both of them took the same number of hours to travel from town P to town Q.\r
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document.write( "Town P and town Q are 720km apart.Maggie & Andrew left town P at the same time. The average speed of Andrew was 40km\r\n" );
document.write( "per hour, Maggies was 60km per hour. As soon as they passed Point K which was 1/3 of the total distance, Maggie began\r\n" );
document.write( "to travel at a speed of 80km per hour. Both of them took the same number of hours to travel from town P to town Q.\r\n" );
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document.write( "How long did Maggie take to travel from town P to Point K.\r\n" );
document.write( "What was Andrews speed from Point K to town Q.\r\n" );
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document.write( "It’s OBVIOUS that not only did Maggie increase her speed after getting to Point K, but Andrew did, as well.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Distance Maggie covered, from Point P to Point K:  of the 720-km distance:  = 240 kms\r\n" );
document.write( "Time Maggie took to get to Point K (240 kms):  = 4 hours\r\n" );
document.write( "Remaining distance Maggie had to go (Point K to Q): 720 - 240 = 480 kms\r\n" );
document.write( "Time Maggie took to go remaining distance (point K to Q), after increasing speed to 80 km/h:  = 6 hours\r\n" );
document.write( "Total time Maggie took to get from Point P to Q: 4 + 6 = 10 hours\r\n" );
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document.write( "Distance Andrew covered, from Point P to Point K:  of the 720-km distance:  = 240 kms\r\n" );
document.write( "Time Andrew took to get to Point K (240 kms):  = 6 hours\r\n" );
document.write( "Remaining distance Andrew had to go (Point K to Q): 720 - 240 = 480 kms\r\n" );
document.write( "Time Andrew took to go remaining distance (point K to Q), after increasing speed (S):  hours\r\n" );
document.write( "Total time Andrew took to get from Point P to Q:  hours \r\n" );
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document.write( "Since BOTH took the same amount of time to travel from P to Q, then each took 10 hours to complete the trip\r\n" );
document.write( "We then get: Andrew’s ENTIRE-TRIP time = Maggie’s ENTIRE-TRIP time\r\n" );
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document.write( "                                 ----- Factoring out GCF, 2, in numerator\r\n" );
document.write( "                              3S + 240 = 5S ---- Multiplying by LCD, S\r\n" );
document.write( "                                   240 = 5S - 3S\r\n" );
document.write( "                                   240 = 2S ===> 2S = 240\r\n" );
document.write( "     Andrew’s speed from K to Q, or

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