document.write( "Question 269831: A freight train and an express train leave towns 390km apart, traveling toward one another. The freight train travels 30km per hr slower than the express train. They pass one another 3 hr later. What are their speeds? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #197684 by drk(1908)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! This is an RTD problem. Here is a table based on the given information \n" ); document.write( "trains . . . . . . . . .rate . . . . . . . . .time . . . . . . . . .distance \n" ); document.write( "freight. . . . . . . . r - 30 . . . . . . . . .3 . . . . . . . . . . 3r - 90 \n" ); document.write( "express. . . . . . . .r . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . 3r \n" ); document.write( "totals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .390 \n" ); document.write( "Look at the last column, we get \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "simplify to get \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "add 90 to get \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "divide to get \n" ); document.write( "express: \n" ); document.write( "freight: |