document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=337879>Question 337879</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If two trains leave New Haven traveling in opposite directions one is traveling at 75 miles per hour and they are 405 miles apart in 3 hours what speed is the second train traveling at. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let the rate of the 2nd train be \"x mph\".<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The separation rate of the two trains is \"75+x\" mph<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3(75+x) = 405<BR>\n" );
document.write( "75+x = 135<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 60 mph (speed of the 2nd train)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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