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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" );
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document.write( "332=R*3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "R=332/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "R=110.67 TOTAL SPEED OF THE 2 CARS.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X+X+36=110.67<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2X=110.67-36<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2X=74.67<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X=74.67/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X=37.335 MPH FOR THE SLOWER CAR.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "37.335+36=73.335 MPH FOR THE FASTER CAR.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "PROOF:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "332=(37.335+73.335)*3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "332=110.67*3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "332=332<BR>\n" );
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