SOLUTION: Please help me make and equation for this problem: An eastbound train leaves Chicago and averages 125 km/hr heading for New York City 1300 km away. At the same time, a westbound t
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Question 951197: Please help me make and equation for this problem: An eastbound train leaves Chicago and averages 125 km/hr heading for New York City 1300 km away. At the same time, a westbound train leaves New York City and averages 135 km/hr heading for Chicago. In how many hours will the trains pass each other?
So far I have made a box with:
Rate x Time = Distance
Eastbound 125 (rate)t {time (variable)} 125t (distance)
Westbound 135 (rate) (missing time) (missing Distance which is the time times the rate)
I am missing the time and Distance for the Westbound train
Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
distance=rate*time
eastbound train:
time
westbound train:
time
since , we have
....cancel km
the trains will pass each other in
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