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Question 1105017: Please help me solve this word problem: Jon and Jim drove 1850 km from Vancouver to northern California. Jon drove for 8 hours and Jim
drove for 10.hours. If Jim drove 5 km/hr faster than Jon at what speed did they each drive at? Answer is: Jon drove at 100 km/hr, Jim drove at 105km/hr
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John drove 8 hours are some rate x; Jim drove 10 hours at a rate (x+5).
The distance John drove is 8(x); the distance Jim drove is 10(x+5).
The total distance the two drove is 1850.

Basic algebra -- write and solve the equation that says the distance driven by John, plus the distance driven by Jim, equals 1850.