document.write( "Question 320695: a train leaves Recto travelling cast at 35 km/hr. an hour later, another train leaves recto on a parallel track at 40 km/hr. How far from the recto will the 2 trains meet? \n" ); document.write( "
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Rate*Time=Distance.
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\n" ); document.write( "Train 1 has already traveled 1 hour or 35 miles.
\n" ); document.write( "\"D1=35%2At%2B35\"
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\n" ); document.write( "\"D2=40%2At\"
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\n" ); document.write( "The trains meet when \"D1=D2\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"35%2At%2B35=40%2At\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"5t=35\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"t=7\"hr
\n" ); document.write( "Use either equation for distance to calculate the distance once they meet.
\n" ); document.write( "\"D2=40%2At=40%2A7=280\"km
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