document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1040624>Question 1040624</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hi, this problem's been bugging me for a few days now... Thanks for the help!\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Two bicyclists are 7/8 of the way through a mile long tunnel when a train approaches the closer end at 40 mph. The riders take off at the same speed in opposite directions and each escapes the tunnel as the train passes them. How fast did they ride?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thanks again! </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Two bicyclists are 7/8 of the way through a mile long tunnel when a train approaches the closer end at 40 mph. The riders take off at the same speed in opposite directions and each escapes the tunnel as the train passes them. How fast did they ride?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thanks again!<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<PRE STYLE=\"white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: -moz-pre-wrap; white-space: -pre-wrap; white-space: -o-pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;\">I'll give you some hints.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "By the time the train entered the tunnel, the shorter-journey cyclist was out, and the longer-journey cyclist had traveled <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=matrix%281%2C2%2C+1%2F8%2C+mile%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"matrix%281%2C2%2C+1%2F8%2C+mile%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, which means that he/she had<BR>\n" );
document.write( "to travel <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=matrix%281%2C5%2C+6%2F8%2C+or%2C+3%2F4%2C+more%2C+miles%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"matrix%281%2C5%2C+6%2F8%2C+or%2C+3%2F4%2C+more%2C+miles%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > to get out of the tunnel before the train exited. Now, the time the train took to travel through the tunnel was the same time that the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "longer-journey cyclist took to exit the tunnel. Now, can you put 2 and 2 together to find the speed, which was also the shorter-journey cyclist's speed?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "By the way, the speed was NOT 35 mph </SPAN>\n" );
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