SOLUTION: by air the distance from city a to city b is 3003 miles less than the distance fron city c to city d if the total of these two distances is 7807 miles find the distance from city c

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Question 976969: by air the distance from city a to city b is 3003 miles less than the distance fron city c to city d if the total of these two distances is 7807 miles find the distance from city c to city d
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by air the distance from city a to city b is 3003 miles less than the distance fron city c to city d if the total of these two distances is 7807 miles find the distance from city c to city d
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(b-a) - (d-c) = -3003
(b-a) + (d-c) = 7807
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Subtract and solve for (d-c)::
2(d-c) = 10,810
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d-c = 5405 miles
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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