document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1056603>Question 1056603</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The speed of a passenger train is 18 mph faster than the speed of a freight train. The passenger train travels 280 miles in the same time it takes the freight train to travel 190 miles. Find the speed of each train. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "speed of f=x-18<BR>\n" );
document.write( "speed*time=distance<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Therefore, time=distance/speed<BR>\n" );
document.write( "280/x=190/(x-18)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "280x-5040=190x by cross-multiplying<BR>\n" );
document.write( "90x=5040<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=56 mph Passenger<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x-18=38 mph Freight<BR>\n" );
document.write( "to go 280 miles at 56 mph=5 hours<BR>\n" );
document.write( "to go 190 miles at 38 mph=5 hours </SPAN>\n" );
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