document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=297633>Question 297633</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\">  please help me solve this equation: A car travels 225 miles in the same time that a train travels 360 miles. if the speed of the train is 30 miles per hour faster than the speed of the car, what is the speed of the car? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Car DATA:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "distance = 225 miles ; rate = x mph ; time = d/r = 225/x hrs.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Train DATA:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "distance = 360 miles ; rate = x+30 mph ; time = d/r = 360/(x+3) hrs<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "time = time<BR>\n" );
document.write( "225/x = 360/(x+3)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve for \"x\":<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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