document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=715427>Question 715427</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> please help solve this problem, thanks<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Two trains, one traveling twice the speed of the other, start at the same time from places which are 288km apart and travel towards each other. In 3 hours, the trains pass each other. Find the rate of each train. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "D=RT<BR>\n" );
document.write( "288=(X+2X)3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "288=3X*3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "288=9X<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X=288/9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X=32 SPEED OF THE SLOWER TRAIN<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2*32=64 SPEED OF THE FASTER TRAIN.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "PROOF:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "288=(32+64)*3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "288=96*3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "288=288 </SPAN>\n" );
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