document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=521688>Question 521688</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Two trains are 5000 feet apart, heading toward each other, but on separate parallel straight tracks, Train A is traveling at 45 miles per hour and Train B is traveling at 24 miles per hour.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Change 45 miles per hour and 24 miles per hour into feet per second.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "About how far will each train travel before they meet? Round your answers to the nearest hundredth.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In how many seconds will the trains meet?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " Train A is traveling at 45 miles per hour and Train B is traveling at 24 miles per hour.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Change 45 miles per hour and 24 miles per hour into feet per second.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "45 mph: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%2845%2A5280%29%2F3600 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%2845%2A5280%29%2F3600\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 66.0 ft/s<BR>\n" );
document.write( "24 mph: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%2824%2A5280%29%2F3600 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%2824%2A5280%29%2F3600\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 35.2 ft/s<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let t = time (in sec) for them to meet, write a distance eq: dist = speed*time<BR>\n" );
document.write( "66t + 35.2t = 5000<BR>\n" );
document.write( "101.2t = 5000<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=5000%2F101.2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"5000%2F101.2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "t = 49.41 seconds<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "About how far will each train travel before they meet? Round your answers to the nearest hundredth.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "45 mph train: 49.41 * 66 = 3261.06 ft<BR>\n" );
document.write( "24 mph train: 49.41* 35.2= 1739.23 ft<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "confirm this by adding:  5000.29 ~ 5000<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In how many seconds will the trains meet? Like we said: 49.41 sec </SPAN>\n" );
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