document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=125684>Question 125684</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0759336245/algebrahomeworkh>Intermediate Algebra Review</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I am having a problem with setting this problem up to solve it.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Bill and Chris left the student union at the same time on bicycles. Bill traveled east, and Chris traveled west. After 1/2 hour, they were 14 miles apart. If Bill was going 2 miles per hour faster than Chris, how fast was each of the bicycles going? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Bill DATA:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Rate = x+2 mph ; Time = 1/2 hr ; distance = rt = (x+2)/2 miles<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Chris DATA:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Rate = x mph ; Time = 1/2 hr ; distance = rt = x/2 miles<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "EQUATION:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "distance + distance = 14 miles<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x+2)/2 + x/2 = 14<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x+2) + x = 28<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x = 26<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 13 mph ( Chris rate)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+2= 15 mph ( Bill Rate)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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