document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=149039>Question 149039</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Two trains leave the depot at the same time, one traveling east and the other west.  The speed of one train is 9mph slower than the other. If after 4 hours the distance between the trains is 196 miles find the speed of each train. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "x-9=speed of the other train<BR>\n" );
document.write( "mph(hr)=total distance\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4(x)+4(x-9)=196---------------------------------because the sum of 4 hours times both speeds will give you the total distance\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Simplify<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x+4x-36=196\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Combine like terms<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8x-36=196\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Add 36 to each side<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8x=232\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Divide by 8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=29\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "[x=speed of one train]<BR>\n" );
document.write( "[x-9=speed of the other train]\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "speed of one train= 29mph<BR>\n" );
document.write( "speed of the other train= 20mph </SPAN>\n" );
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