document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1074156>Question 1074156</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A train leaves New York for Boston, 200 miles away, at 3pm and averages 75 mph. Another train leaves Boston for New York on an adjacent set of tracks at 5pm and averages 45 mph. At what time will the trains meet?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A train leaves New York for Boston, 200 miles away, at 3pm and averages 75 mph. Another train leaves Boston for New York <BR>\n" );
document.write( "on an adjacent set of tracks at 5pm and averages 45 mph. At what time will the trains meet?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "D=RT rule is confused here. <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Your equation is\r\n" );
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document.write( "75*(t+2) + 45*t = 200,    (the \"distance\" equation)\r\n" );
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document.write( "where t is the time counting from 5 pm, when the second train started. \r\n" );
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document.write( "The equation says that the total distance covered by the two trains is 200 miles, the full distance.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Simplify and solve to get the answer t = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28200-2%2A75%29%2F%2875%2B45%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28200-2%2A75%29%2F%2875%2B45%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=50%2F120 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"50%2F120\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=25%2F60 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"25%2F60\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > of an hour = 25 minutes.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The trains will meet at 5:25 pm.\r\n" );
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document.write( "in this site.\r<BR>\n" );
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