document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=453158>Question 453158</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Two trains leave stations 456 miles apart at the same time and travel toward each other. One train travels at 105 miles per hour while the other travels at 85 miles per hour. How long will it take for the two trains to meet?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Do not do any rounding. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #311363 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Klex><B>Klex(2)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/iconNewId_16x16.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Klex><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=311363\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> You could solve this a few different ways the most simple of wich would be to set up an equation with a variable (x) representing time, in hours, connected to the speeds and where the sum of the two speeds equals 456 so:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " It would take 2 hours and 24 minutes for the trains to meet. </SPAN>\n" );
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