document.write( "Question 161273This question is from textbook Algebra 1
\n" ); document.write( ": An express train travels 80 kilometers per our from Ironton to Wildwood. A local train traveling at 48 Kilometers per hour, takes 2 hours longer for the same trip. How far apart are Ironton and Wildwood? \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "Remember: \"Speed=distance%2Ftime\" -------------> EQN 1
\n" ); document.write( "express Train=\"T%5BE%5D\": local Train=\"T%5BL%5D\"
\n" ); document.write( "In EQN 1 we get:
\n" ); document.write( "\"d%5BE%5D=S%5BE%5D%2At%5BE%5D\"; \"d%5BL%5D=S%5BL%5D%2At%5BL%5D\"
\n" ); document.write( "We equate the 2 eqns since distance is the same, and remember too \"T%5BL%5D\" takes 2 hours longer. It follows \"t%5BL%5D=t%5BE%5D%2B2hrs\" ----> EQN 2
\n" ); document.write( "Continuing,
\n" ); document.write( "\"S%5BE%5D%2At%5BE%5D=S%5BL%5D%2At%5BL%5D\", subst. EQN 2
\n" ); document.write( "\"S%5BE%5D%2At%5BE%5D=S%5BL%5D%2A%28t%5BE%5D%2B2%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"80%2At%5BE%5D=48%2A%28t%5BE%5D%2B2%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"80%2At%5BE%5D=48t%5BE%5D%2B96\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"80t%5BE%5D-48t%5BE%5D=96\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"32t%5BE%5D=96\" -----> \"cross%2832%29t%5BE%5D%2Fcross%2832%29=cross%2896%293%2Fcross%2832%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"t%5BE%5D=3hrs\": \"t%5BL%5D=3%2B2=5hrs\"
\n" ); document.write( "So via EQn 1:
\n" ); document.write( "\"d%5BE%5D=80%2A3=240km\"; \"d%5BL%5D=48%2A5=240km\" ---> Ironton to Wildwood
\n" ); document.write( "thank you,
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