SOLUTION: Searches related to a news van and a helicopter left a TV station parking lot at the same time, but headed in opposite directions. they were covering breaking news stories that wer

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Question 1009536: Searches related to a news van and a helicopter left a TV station parking lot at the same time, but headed in opposite directions. they were covering breaking news stories that were 97 miles apart. if the helicopter had to travel 55 miles father than the van, how far did the van have to travel to reach the location of the news story
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V=distance van traveled
H=distance helicopter traveled=V+55mi
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V+H=97mi
V+(V+55mi)=97mi
2V=42mi
V=21mi
ANSWER: The van traveled 21 miles
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CHECK:
H=V+55mi=21mi+55mi=76mi
The helicopter traveled 76 mi.
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V+H=97 mi
21 mi+76 mi=97 mi
97 mi=97 mi