document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=886957>Question 886957</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\">   At 7:30 pm. , a freight train leaves the station and travels east and a passenger train leaves the same station and travels west at a rate 10 miles per hour faster than the freight train. At 11:30 pm the two trains are 400 miles apart. What is the rate of each train? Write the equation/s and solution . </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "let x=rate of freight train<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+10=rate of passenger train<BR>\n" );
document.write( "distance=travel time*rate<BR>\n" );
document.write( "travel time of both trains=11:30-7:30=4 hrs<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4x+4(x+10)=400<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x+4x+40=400<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8x=360<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=45<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+10=55<BR>\n" );
document.write( "rate of freight train=45 mph<BR>\n" );
document.write( "rate of passenger train=55 mph </SPAN>\n" );
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