document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1021748>Question 1021748</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> trains at each end of a 50 km tunnel start at the same time into the tunnel if the train from one direction is traveling 8 kilometer per hour faster then the train moving in the other direction and they pass each other at 17 minutes what are the speeds of the trains  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #637486 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=macston><B>macston(5194)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=macston><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=macston><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=637486\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The combined speed of the trains is:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "50km/17min=50km/0.279hr=179.21km/hr<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "S=speed of slower train; F=speed of faster train=S+8km/hr<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "S+F=179.21km/hr <BR>\n" );
document.write( "S+(S+8km/hr)=179.21km/hr<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2S=171.21km/hr<BR>\n" );
document.write( "S=85.6km/hr<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "F=S+8km/hr=85.6km/hr+8km/hr=93.6km/hr<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER: The rate of the slower train was 85.6 km/hr and <BR>\n" );
document.write( "the rate of the faster train was 93.6 km/hr.<BR>\n" );
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