document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=811728>Question 811728</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Two trains starting at the same time from stations 396 miles apart, meet in 4.5 hours. How far has the faster train traveled when it meets the slower one, if the difference in their rates is 8 mph?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #488872 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><B>mananth(16946)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><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=mananth><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=488872\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> faster train x mph<BR>\n" );
document.write( "slower train x-8 mph\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "travelling towards <BR>\n" );
document.write( "so add up speeds<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+x-8=2x-8 mph\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "distance = 396 miles<BR>\n" );
document.write( "time = 4.5 hours\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "d=rt<BR>\n" );
document.write( "396=(2x-8)4.5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "396=9x-36\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "9x=396+36<BR>\n" );
document.write( "9x=432<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=48 speed of faster train is 48 mph<BR>\n" );
document.write( "it takes 4.5 hours<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so distance traveled when it meets = 4.5*48=216 miles </SPAN>\n" );
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