document.write( "Question 179559: An express train and a local train both leave Gray’s Lake at 12:00 noon and head for Chicago 60 miles away. The express travels twice as fast as the local and arrives 2 hours ahead of it. Find the speed of each train. \n" ); document.write( "
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D=RT
\n" ); document.write( "60=2R(T-2)
\n" ); document.write( "60=R(T+2)
\n" ); document.write( "60=2RT-4R
\n" ); document.write( "60=RT+2R MULTIPLY THIS EQUATION BY -2 & ADD
\n" ); document.write( "-120=-2RT-4R
\n" ); document.write( "-60=2RT-4R
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\n" ); document.write( "-60=-8R
\n" ); document.write( "-8R=-60
\n" ); document.write( "R=-60/-8
\n" ); document.write( "R=7.5 MPH FOR THE LOCAL TRAIN.
\n" ); document.write( "2*7.5=15 MPH FOR THE EXPRESS TRAIN.
\n" ); document.write( "60=15(T-2)
\n" ); document.write( "60=15T-30
\n" ); document.write( "15T=90
\n" ); document.write( "T=90/15
\n" ); document.write( "T=6 HOURS FOR THE EXPRESS
\n" ); document.write( "60=7.5(6+2)
\n" ); document.write( "60=7.5*8
\n" ); document.write( "60=60
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