document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=29256>Question 29256</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A freight train leaves Kansas and travels due west.  A passenger train departs at exactly the same time on a parallel track and travels due east at a speed that is twice the speed of the freight train.  After 7 hours the trains are 945 miles apart.  How fast is each train traveling? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "TRAINS ARE TRAVELLING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS..SO THEIR RELATVE SPEED =SUM OF THEIR INDIVIDUAL SPEEDS<BR>\n" );
document.write( "SPEED OF ONE TRAIN IS X MPH....SAY..SECOND TRAIN SPEED =2X..MPH....SO<BR>\n" );
document.write( "RELATIVE SPEED =X+2X=3X...MPH<BR>\n" );
document.write( "TIME =7 HRS<BR>\n" );
document.write( "INTIAL DISTANCE BETWEEN THEM =0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "FINAL DOISTANCE BETWEEN THEM =945 MILES<BR>\n" );
document.write( "SO DISTANCE CHANGEW =945-0=945 MILES..HENCE<BR>\n" );
document.write( "945 =7*3X=21X<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X=945/21=45 MPH<BR>\n" );
document.write( "SO THE 2 TRAINS TRAVELLED AT 45 AND 90 MPH. </SPAN>\n" );
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