document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=168113>Question 168113</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1565771400/algebrahomeworkh>Algebra II</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The bus headed north at 40 mph at 10 a.m. At noon the Orange Blossom Special headed south from the dame station at 70 mph. What time was it when the train and the bus were 960 miles apart? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #123888 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Mathtut><B>Mathtut(3670)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Mathtut><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=123888\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> distance equals rate * time\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "40(t+2)=x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "70t=960-x ......where t is time traveled by the train  and t+2 is the time traveled by the bus,  and x is the distance traveled<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "add 2 equations together to eliminate the x terms<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "111t=880----><IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight%28t=8%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight%28t=8%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > hours after start of train headed south(which was at 12PM) or you could say 8+2=10 hours from when the bus headed north which also produces 8PM.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "so at 8PM they would have been 960 miles apart.  </SPAN>\n" );
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