document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=749529>Question 749529</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Two trains were 332 miles apart and heading towards each other at 11 am. If the trains meet at 1 pm and one train was traveling 36 miles per hour faster than the other, then how fast was each train moving? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #456053 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josmiceli><B>josmiceli(19441)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josmiceli><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=josmiceli><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=456053\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I like to think of one train as standing still<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and the other one approaching at the sum of their speeds<BR>\n" );
document.write( "from 11 AM to 1 PM is 2 hrs<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+s+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+s+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = the speed of the slower train<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+s+%2B+36+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+s+%2B+36+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = the speed of the faster train<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+332+=+%28+2s+%2B+36+%29%2A2+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+332+=+%28+2s+%2B+36+%29%2A2+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+332+=+4s+%2B+72+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+332+=+4s+%2B+72+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+4s+=+260+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+4s+=+260+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+s+=+65+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+s+=+65+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+s+%2B+36+=+101+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+s+%2B+36+=+101+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The trains were traveling at 65 mi/hr and 101 mi/hr<BR>\n" );
document.write( "check:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+332+=+%28+2%2A65+%2B+36+%29%2A2+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+332+=+%28+2%2A65+%2B+36+%29%2A2+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+332+=+166%2A2+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+332+=+166%2A2+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+332+=+332+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+332+=+332+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "OK<BR>\n" );
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