document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=883417>Question 883417</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Two trains travel at right angles to each other after leaving the same train station at the same time. Two hours later they are 34 miles apart. If one travels 7 miles per hour slower than the other, what is the rate of the faster train? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #533514 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39618)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=533514\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Their speeds are r and r+7, in miles per hour.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The distance traveled for each in the 2 hours are r*2 and (r+7)*2.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The distance are part of a right triangle, so Pythagorean Theorem will relate the three distances.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve for r.  Find r+7. </SPAN>\n" );
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