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document.write( "let x=miles freight train traveled<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+300=miles express train traveled<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Travel time=distance/speed<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x/30=(x+300)/55<BR>\n" );
document.write( "55x=30x+9000<BR>\n" );
document.write( "25x=9000<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=360 miles<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Travel time=x/30=360/30=12 hrs<BR>\n" );
document.write( "ans:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The express train will overtake the freight train in 12 hrs </SPAN>\n" );
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