SOLUTION: Two trains leave the station at the same time, one heading east and the other west. The eastbound train travels 16 miles per hour slower than the westbound train. If the two trains
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Question 474891: Two trains leave the station at the same time, one heading east and the other west. The eastbound train travels 16 miles per hour slower than the westbound train. If the two trains are 900 miles apart after 5 hours, what is the rate of the eastbound train?
Do not do any rounding.
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Two trains leave the station at the same time, one heading east and the other west. The eastbound train travels 16 miles per hour slower than the westbound train. If the two trains are 900 miles apart after 5 hours, what is the rate of the eastbound train?
Do not do any rounding.
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let x=speed of eastbound train
x+16= speed of westbound train
Distance = travel time*speed
5x+5(x+16)=900
5x+5x+80=900
10x=820
x=82
x+16=98
ans:
speed of eastbound train=82 mph
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