document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=250355>Question 250355</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> An Amtrak train leaves Penn Station, NYC, traveling south at 60mph. Three hours later, a Metroliner leaves the same station traveling south at 80mph. How long will it take the Metroliner to catch up to the Amtrak train. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "D=60T<BR>\n" );
document.write( "D=80(T-3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "SET THE 2 DISTANCES EQUAL.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "60T=80(T-3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "60T=80T-240<BR>\n" );
document.write( "60T-80T=-240<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-20T=-240<BR>\n" );
document.write( "T=-240/-20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "T=12 HOURS THEY WILL MEET.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "PROOF:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "60*12=80(12-3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "720=80*9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "720=720 </SPAN>\n" );
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