document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=421847>Question 421847</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Two trains leave the station at the same time, one heading east and the other west. The eastbound train travels 16 miles per hour slower than the westbound train. If the two trains are 400 miles apart after 2 hours, what is the rate of the eastbound train?  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #294490 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><B>mananth(16946)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=mananth><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=294490\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> west bound x 	mph				<BR>\n" );
document.write( "east bound	x-16				<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "They are going away from each other.						<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So add up their speed.						<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "combined speed = x+x-16	<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=2x-16		<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Time = 	2	hours				<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Distance =   	400	miles				<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Distance = speed * time						<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(2x-16)*	2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x-32=400	<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x=400+32	<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x=432			<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x=108	mph	west bound			<BR>\n" );
document.write( "east bound = 108 -16 = 92 mph						<BR>\n" );
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