document.write( "Question 363030: An express train travels 150 miles in the same time that a freight train travels
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document.write( "100 miles. If the express goes 20 miles per hour faster than the freight, find the
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Algebra.Com's Answer #258765 by mananth(16948) You can put this solution on YOUR website! An express train travels 150 miles in the same time that a freight train travels \n" ); document.write( "100 miles. If the express goes 20 miles per hour faster than the freight, find the rate each train travels \n" ); document.write( ".. \n" ); document.write( "freight train - speed = x , d=100 miles \n" ); document.write( "express train speed = (x+20),d= 150miles \n" ); document.write( "times are same \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 \n" ); document.write( "50x = 2000 \n" ); document.write( "x= 40 mph freight train speed \n" ); document.write( "express train speed = x+20 = 60 mph \n" ); document.write( "... \n" ); document.write( "m.ananth@hotmail.ca \n" ); document.write( " |