document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=198139>Question 198139</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> This is a problem from the Jubilee Academy's online homeschooling website, which I am enrolled in.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A freight train leaves a station traveling a constant speed of 30 miles per hour (mph). A passenger train leaves at the same time and travels in the same direction at a constant speed of 35 mph. In how many hours will the trains be 15 miles apart?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I would be able to do this problem easily if i knew how to set up the equation, which is for me the hardest part, but there were no similar solvers in the travel and distance section. Thank you. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #148597 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=RAY100><B>RAY100(1637)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-12.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=RAY100><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=148597\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Remember  that  x = Vt,,, where  x  is  distance,  V  is  velocity,  and  t  is  time<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "delta  x  =  V2t2 - V1t1<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "but  t1 = t2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "delta  x  =  (v2-v1) t<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "15  mi  =  ( 35 -30 ) mph * t<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "15 = 5 t<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "t=3  hrs<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "V2 = 35 *3 = 105  miles<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "V1 = 30 * 3 = 90<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "v2 -v1 =15  ok   </SPAN>\n" );
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