document.write( "Question 186372: One train leaves a station heading west. Two hours later a second train leaves the same station heading east. The second train is traveling 15 mi/h fast than the first. Six hours after the second train leaves, the two trains are 580 miles apart. Find the rate of which each train is traveling \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #139698 by checkley77(12844)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! rt=d \n" ); document.write( "r(6+2)+(r+15)6=580 \n" ); document.write( "r*8+6r+90=580 \n" ); document.write( "8r+6r=580-90 \n" ); document.write( "14r=490 \n" ); document.write( "r=490/14 \n" ); document.write( "r=35 mph. is the speed of the slower train. \n" ); document.write( "35+15=50 mph. is the speed of the faster train. \n" ); document.write( "Proof: \n" ); document.write( "35*8+50*6=580 \n" ); document.write( "280+300=580 \n" ); document.write( "580=580 \n" ); document.write( " |