document.write( "Question 846404: Trains A and B leave the same city at the same time, headed west and south respectively. Train A travels 14 km/h faster than train B. After 5 hours they are 130 km apart. Find the speed of each train. \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #509716 by josgarithmetic(39621)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! The departure point of the city is at the vertex of the right angle of a triangle and the other two vertices are the location of train A and train B. This is a right triangle because WEST and SOUTH, the directions of each train.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Train B, rate is r. \n" ); document.write( "Train A, rate is r+14.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Distance train A goes in 5 hours is (r+14)*5. \n" ); document.write( "Distance train B goes r*5 in 5 hours.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Pythagorean Theorem for the distances, \n" ); document.write( "Solve for r. \n" ); document.write( " |