document.write( "Question 363030: An express train travels 150 miles in the same time that a freight train travels
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An express train travels 150 miles in the same time that a freight train travels
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\n" ); document.write( "freight train - speed = x , d=100 miles
\n" ); document.write( "express train speed = (x+20),d= 150miles
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\n" ); document.write( "100/x= 150/(x+20)
\n" ); document.write( "100(x+20)=150x
\n" ); document.write( "100x+2000=150x
\n" ); document.write( "150x-100x=2000
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\n" ); document.write( "x= 40 mph freight train speed
\n" ); document.write( "express train speed = x+20 = 60 mph
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