SOLUTION: Ashima takes a trip to visit her grandmother. Starting from home, her parents drive her to the train station at 40 mph. Ashima then takes the train, traveling 60 mph. The distanc

Question 1141101: Ashima takes a trip to visit her grandmother. Starting from home, her parents drive
her to the train station at 40 mph. Ashima then takes the train, traveling 60 mph. The
distance from her home to when she gets off the train is 150 miles. If the total trip
took 3 hours, how long did she spend on the train?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39614) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

              SPEED     TIME       DISTANCES

DRIVE            40      3-x         40(3-x)

TRAIN           60         x         60x

TOTALS                     3          150

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