document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=474891>Question 474891</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 900 miles apart after 5 hours, what is the rate of the eastbound train?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Do not do any rounding. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Do not do any rounding.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "let x=speed of eastbound train<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+16= speed of westbound train<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Distance = travel time*speed<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x+5(x+16)=900<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x+5x+80=900<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10x=820<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=82<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+16=98<BR>\n" );
document.write( "ans:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "speed of eastbound train=82 mph </SPAN>\n" );
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