document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=817157>Question 817157</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> [ A train leaves San Diego at 3:00 pm. A second train leaves the same city traveling in the same direction at 6:00 pm. The second train travels 45 mph faster than the first. If the second train overtakes the first at 10:00 pm, what is the speed of each of the two trains. ] </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "   Train 1.     d = rt.                       Train 2        d = rt\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "         r1 means rate of train 1,  r2 means rate of train 2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "         Rate of train 2 is 45 mph faster than train 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "               r2 =  r1 + 45\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "          Time for train 1 to reach same spot at 10:00 is t1 = 7 hrs.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "           Time for train 2 to reach same spot at 10:00 is t2  = 4 hrs.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "                   distance coverd by 10:00 is the same<BR>\n" );
document.write( "                                d1 =. d2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "                               d1 =  rt = (r1)(7).            d2 = ( r2)t = (r1 + 45) 4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "                                             So  7(r1)      =  (r1 + 45) 4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "                                                    7(r1) = 4(r1)+ 180<BR>\n" );
document.write( "                                                   Solve for r1 to get r1 = 60 mph<BR>\n" );
document.write( "                 Train 2 is 45 mph faster so rate of train 2 is 105 mph<BR>\n" );
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