document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1032352>Question 1032352</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> At 9AM, a freight train leaves Boston for NYC, traveling at an average rate of 24 miles per hour. At noon, a passenger train sets out on the same route, traveling at an average rate of 60 miles per hour. How far from Boston do the two trains pass each other? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The freight train gets a 72-mile head start because it left three hours before the passenger train going 24 miles per hour.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In order for the two trains to pass, the freight train is going to travel some distance <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large d\"> in some amount of time <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large t\"> going 24 mph, which is to say:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ d\ =\ 24t\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "And the passenger train has to go that same distance plus the 72-mile head start going 60 mph, in other words:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ d\ +\ 72\ =\ 60t\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve the 2X2 system for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large d\">. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi}\ +\ 1\ =\ 0\"><BR>\n" );
document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it\r<BR>\n" );
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