document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=123510>Question 123510</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Karen left her house heading east and her sister left two hours later heading west at a rate 5 mph faster than Karen. 6 hours after Karen left she and her sister were 600 miles apart. How fast was Karen moving? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "her sister left two hours later heading west at a rate 5 mph faster than Karen. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "6 hours after Karen left she and her sister were 600 miles apart. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "How fast was Karen moving?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Karen DATA;<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Time = 6 hrs ; rate = r mph ; Distance = 6r miles <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Sister DATA:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Time = 4 hrs ;  rate = r+5 mph ; Distance = 4(r+5) = 4r+20 miles<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "distance + distance = 600 miles<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6r + 4r+20 = 600<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10r = 580<BR>\n" );
document.write( "r = 58 mph (Karen's rate)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "r+5 = 63 mph (sister's rate)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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