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document.write( "Problem: Alonzo travels 230 miles in 3 hours, how many miles miles traveled in 7 hours?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "it is assumed that the rate of travel is uniform ..that is if he goes 100 miles in 1 hour ,then he will go 200 miles in 2 hours,300 miles in 3 hrs...etc....<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so we get the eqn.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d=r*t..where d=distance travelled,r=rate or speed of travel and t=time..<BR>\n" );
document.write( "let us first find his rate of travel.we have d=230..t=3...r=?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "230=3r...or r=230/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "now to the second case we have r=230/3...t=7...d=?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d=7*230/3=1610/3=536.66666 </SPAN>\n" );
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