document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1015973>Question 1015973</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A train traveling 50 mph left a station 30 minutes before a second train running at 55 mph. How soon did the second train overtake the first?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If 50x represents the distance the slower train travels, then the faster train travels\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A) 55(x - 0.5)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B) 55(x + 0.5)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "C) 50 + 30x </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "A train traveling 50 mph left a station 30 minutes before a second train running at 55 mph. How soon did the second train overtake the first?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If 50x represents the distance the slower train travels, then the faster train travels\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A) 55(x - 0.5)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B) 55(x + 0.5)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "or<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C) 50 + 30x<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "How soon did the second train overtake the first? - In 5 hours, counting from the time moment the second train left the station.\r\n" );
document.write( "                                                    Ot in 5.5 hours, counting from the time moment the first train left the station.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The answer is A).\r\n" );
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document.write( "And it is equal to 50*x, by the way.\r\n" );
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document.write( "See the lesson <A  rel=nofollow HREF=http://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/word/travel/Travel-and-Distance-problems.lesson>Travel and Distance problems</A> in this site.\r<BR>\n" );
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