document.write( "Question 1030585: Two trains leave the station at the same time, one heading west and the other east. The westbound train travels
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document.write( " miles per hour faster than the eastbound train. If the two trains are
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document.write( "950
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document.write( " miles apart after
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document.write( "5
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document.write( " hours, what is the rate of the westbound train?
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Algebra.Com's Answer #645433 by mananth(16946)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Eastbound x mph \n" ); document.write( "Westbound x+ 12 mph \n" ); document.write( ".. \n" ); document.write( "They are moving towards each other \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "So add up their speed. \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "combined speed = x+ 1 x 12 \n" ); document.write( "( 2 x + 12 ) \n" ); document.write( "Time = 5 hours \n" ); document.write( "Distance = 950 miles \n" ); document.write( "Distance = speed * time \n" ); document.write( "( 2 x 12 )* 5 = 950 \n" ); document.write( "10.00 x + 60 = 950 \n" ); document.write( "10 x = 950 + -60 \n" ); document.write( "10 x = 890 \n" ); document.write( "/ 10 \n" ); document.write( "x= 89 mph \n" ); document.write( "Eastbound = 89 mph \n" ); document.write( "Westbound 89 + 12 = 101 mph \n" ); document.write( "m.ananth@hotmail.ca \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |