document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=241652>Question 241652</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A train traveling 60 miles per hour leaves for a certain town.  Two hours later, a car traveling at 70 miles per hour leaves for the same town and arrives at the same time as the train.  If both the train and the car traveled in a straight line, how far is the town from where they started? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Train DATA:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "rate = 60 mph ; time = x hrs ; distance = 60x miles<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Car DATA:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "rate = 70 mph ; time = x-2 hrs; distance = 70(x-2) miles<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "distance = distance<BR>\n" );
document.write( "60x = 70(x-2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "60x = 70x - 140<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10x = 140<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 14 hrs<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Distance to the town: 60*x = 60*14 = 840 miles<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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