document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=492251>Question 492251</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Train speeds: A train leaves Cincinatti at 2:00 pm. A second train leaves the same station in the same direction at 4:00 pm. The second train travels 24 mph faster than the first.  If the second train overtakes the first at 7:00 pm, what is the speed of each of the two trains?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #335031 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><B>scott8148(6628)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><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=scott8148><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=335031\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> the 1st train travels for 5 hr (7:00 - 2:00)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the 2nd train travels for 3 hr (7:00 - 4:00)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "when the 2nd overtakes the 1st, they have traveled the same distance\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "r * t = d ___ R1 * 5 = R2 * 3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "R1 + 24 = R2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "solve using substitution </SPAN>\n" );
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