SOLUTION: By​ air, the distance from city A to city B is 3007 miles less than the distance from city C to city D. If the total of these two distances is 7803 miles, find the distance f

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Question 1112717: By​ air, the distance from city A to city B is 3007 miles less than the distance from city C to city D. If the total of these two distances is 7803 miles, find the distance from city C to city D.
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Let represent the distance from C to D. Then must be the distance from A to B. But we are given that the sum of the two distances is 7803. Hence:



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