document.write( "Question 310693: A passenger train leaves Norfolk, Virginia, 1.2 hours after a freight train leaves. The passenger train is traveling 18 mph faster than the freight train on a parallel set of tracks. The trains are traveling IN THE SAME DIRECTION. The two trains will be at the same location 3 hours after the passenger train leaves. Find the speed of each train. \n" ); document.write( "
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Rate*Time=Distance
\n" ); document.write( "Freight train is train 1, passenger train is train 2.
\n" ); document.write( "\"R1%2AT1=D\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"R2%2AT2=D\"
\n" ); document.write( "Both go to the same destination, travel the same distance.
\n" ); document.write( "\"R2=18%2BR1\"
\n" ); document.write( "Train 2 is 18 mph faster than Train 1.
\n" ); document.write( "\"T1=4.2\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"T2=3\"
\n" ); document.write( "Train 2 takes 3 hours, train 1 1.2 hours longer.
\n" ); document.write( "\"R1%2A4.2=%2818%2BR1%293\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"4.2R1=54%2B3R1\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"1.2R1=54\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"R1=45\"mph
\n" ); document.write( "\"R2=45%2B18=63\" mph
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