document.write( "Question 366913: A freight train left a station at 12 noon going north at a rate of 50 miles per hour. At 1 p.m., a passenger train left the same station going south at the rate of 60 mph. At what time were the trains 270 miles apart? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Let x represent the time the train leaving at noon traveled
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document.write( "d= rt
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document.write( "50mph*x + 60mph*(x-1)=270
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document.write( "110x = 330
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document.write( "x = 3 hrs\r
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document.write( "checking our answer
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document.write( "50*3 + 60*2 = 150 + 120 = 270mi \n" );
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