document.write( "Question 873437: Two trains leave a station at the same time, one traveling west at a rate of 60 kilometers per hour, and the other traveling east at 55 kilometers per hour. In how many hours will they be 460 kilometers apart?
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Algebra.Com's Answer #526869 by stanbon(75887)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Two trains leave a station at the same time, one traveling west at a rate of 60 kilometers per hour, and the other traveling east at 55 kilometers per hour. In how many hours will they be 460 kilometers apart? \n" ); document.write( "------------------- \n" ); document.write( "The trains are separating at a rate of 60+55 = 115 km/hr \n" ); document.write( "------- \n" ); document.write( "Equation: \n" ); document.write( "time = distance/rate = 460/115 = 4 hours \n" ); document.write( "--------------------------------------------- \n" ); document.write( "Cheers, \n" ); document.write( "Stan H. \n" ); document.write( "----------------- \n" ); document.write( " |