document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=726430>Question 726430</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> An automobile leaves New York for Chicago on a road paralleling a railroad track at a rate averaging 26 miles per hour. Six hours later an express train leaves Chicago, averaging 50 miles per hour. In how many hours will the train overtake the automobile? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The car (who is driving it that slowly?) travels D = 26*6 = 156 miles in six hours.<P><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The train overtakes that car at 50-26 = 24 MPH, and must make up 156 miles.  156 = 24*t and thus 156/24 = t = 6.5 hours.<BR>\n" );
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