document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=446341>Question 446341</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> if one train leave the station traveling at 30 mph and another train leaves a half hour later traveling at 50 mph, when will they meet? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Slower train DATA:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "rate = 30 mph ; time = x hrs ; distance = 30x miles<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Faster train DATA:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "rate = 50 mph ; time = x-(1/2) hr; distance = 50x-25 miles<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "distance = distance<BR>\n" );
document.write( "30x = 50x-25<BR>\n" );
document.write( "25x = 25<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 1 hr<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "They will meet one hr after the slower train left the station.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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