document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=401317>Question 401317</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Two trains leave the station at the same time, one heading west and the other east. The westbound train travels 20 miles per hour slower than the eastbound train. If the two trains are 340 miles apart after 2 hours, what is the rate of the westbound train? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "let x=speed of eastbound train<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then x-20=speed of westbound train<BR>\n" );
document.write( "distance traveled=speed*time of travel<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2x+2(x-20)=340<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x+2x-40=340<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x=380<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=95 mph<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x-20=75 mph<BR>\n" );
document.write( "ans: the speed of the westbound train = 75 miles per hour </SPAN>\n" );
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