document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=278190>Question 278190</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> . A train traveling at 50 miles per hour leaves for a certain town. Two hours later, a bus (starting at the same point as the train) traveling at 60 miles per hour leaves for the same town and arrives at the same time as the train. If both the train and the bus traveled in a straight line, how far is the town from where they started? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Two hours later, a bus (starting at the same point as the train) traveling at 60 miles per hour leaves for the same town and arrives at the same time as the train. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "If both the train and the bus traveled in a straight line, how far is the town from where they started?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Train DATA:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "rate = 50 mph ; time = x hrs. ; distance = rt = 50x miles<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Bus DATA:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "rate = 60 mph ; time = x-2 hrs ; distance = rt = 60(x-2) miles<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "distance = distance<BR>\n" );
document.write( "50x = 60(x-2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "50x = 60x - 120<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-10x = -120<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 12 miles<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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