document.write( "Question 1064449: A slow train travel from city A to city C with a speed of 50km/h. but it stops in city B for 10 minutes. An express train travel from City A to city c with a speed of 80 km/h. Distance between city A to city c is 150km. If both trains reach city C in same time. At what time express train starts its journey after starting the slow train? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #679497 by josmiceli(19441)\"\" \"About 
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Call the slow train T[1]
\n" ); document.write( "Call the fast train T[2]
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\n" ); document.write( "Let \"+d%5B1%5D+=+50t%5B1%5D+\" = the headstart that train T[1] has until
\n" ); document.write( "train T[2] leaves city A
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\n" ); document.write( "Start a stopwatch when train T[2] leaves city A
\n" ); document.write( "Let \"+t+\" = time on stopwatch in hrs when train T[2] reaches
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\n" ); document.write( "Train T[1] travels \"+150+-+d%5B1%5D+=+150+-+50t%5B1%5D+\" during time \"+t+\"
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\n" ); document.write( "Equation for train T[1]:
\n" ); document.write( "(1) \"+150+-+d%5B1%5D+=+50%2A%28+t+-+10%2F60+%29+\"
\n" ); document.write( "Equation for train T[2]:
\n" ); document.write( "(2) \"+150+=+80t+\"
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\n" ); document.write( "Note that \"+t+-+10%2F60+%29+is+the+actual+travel+time+%0D%0Afor+train+T%5B1%5D+during+time+%7B%7B%7B+t+\"
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\n" ); document.write( "(1) \"+150+-+d%5B1%5D+=+50%2A%28+t+-+1%2F6+%29+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(1) \"+150+-+d%5B1%5D+=+50t+-+50%2F6+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(1) \"+150+-+d%5B1%5D+=+50t+-+25%2F3+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(1) \"+450+-+3d%5B1%5D+=+150t+-+25+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(1) \"+150t+%2B+3d%5B1%5D+=+475+\"
\n" ); document.write( "and
\n" ); document.write( "(2) \"+t+=+150%2F80+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(2) \"+t+=+15%2F8+\"
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\n" ); document.write( "By substitution into (1):
\n" ); document.write( "(1) \"+150%2A%2815%2F8%29+%2B+3d%5B1%5D+=+475+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(1) \"+2250+%2B+24d%5B1%5D+=+3800+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(1) \"+24d%5B1%5D+=+1550+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(1) \"+d%5B1%5D+=+64.5833+\"
\n" ); document.write( "and
\n" ); document.write( "\"+d%5B1%5D+=+50t%5B1%5D+\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"+50t%5B1%5D+=+64.5833+\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"+t%5B1%5D+=+1.291667+\" hrs
\n" ); document.write( "\"+.291667%2A60+=+17.5+\"
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\n" ); document.write( "The express train leaves city A 1 hr 17 min 30 sec after
\n" ); document.write( "the slow train
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\n" ); document.write( "check the answer:
\n" ); document.write( "(1) \"+150+-+d%5B1%5D+=+50%2A%28+t+-+1%2F6+%29+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(1) \"+150+-+64.5833+=+50%2A%28+1.875+-+.1667+%29+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(1) \"+150+-+64.5833+=+93.75+-+8.333+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(1) \"+150+-+93.75+=+64.5833+-+8.333+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(1) \"+56.25+=+56.25003+\"
\n" ); document.write( "This looks close enough
\n" ); document.write( "*Definitely* try to get a 2nd opinion on this
\n" ); document.write( "There are a number of ways I could have messed up.\r
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