document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=266146>Question 266146</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A freight train leaves a station at 7 A.M and travels North at 40 mph. At 5 A.M, a passanger train leaves on a parallel track and travels North at 80 mph. How long will it take the passanger train to overtake the freigh train? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Freight train DATA:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "rate = 40 mph ; time = x hrs ; distance = 40x miles<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Passenger train DATA:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "rate = 80 mph ; time = x + 2 hrs : distance = 80(x+2) miles<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Note: With the times you posted the passenger train is already<BR>\n" );
document.write( "160 miles north when the freight train leaves the station.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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