document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=939924>Question 939924</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> At 9:00 AM, two trains are 715 miles apart traveling toward each other on parallel tracks. If one train is traveling at a rate that is ten miles per hour faster than the other train and they meet after 5.5 hours, how fast is each train traveling? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "let x=rate of slower train<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+10=rate of faster train<BR>\n" );
document.write( "travel time=distance/speed<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+(x+10)=rate at which trains are approaching each other<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "715/2x+10=5.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5.5(2x+10)=715<BR>\n" );
document.write( "11x+55=715<BR>\n" );
document.write( "11x=660<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=60<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+10=70<BR>\n" );
document.write( "rate of slower train=60 mph<BR>\n" );
document.write( "rate of faster train=70 mph </SPAN>\n" );
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