document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1100135>Question 1100135</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A train leaves New Orleans at 6:00 PM.  A second train leaves the same city in the same direction at 8:00 PM.  The second train travels 54mph faster than the first.  If the second train overtakes the first at 10:00 PM, what is the speed of each of the two trains? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #714605 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><B>Boreal(15235)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Boreal><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=714605\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> first train is going x mph<BR>\n" );
document.write( "second is going x+54 mph<BR>\n" );
document.write( "By 10 pm, the first train has gone x mph*4 hours=4x miles<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the second train has gone (x+54)*2 hours=2x+108 miles<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Those two are equal<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x=2x+108<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x=108<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=54 mph<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+54=108 mph<BR>\n" );
document.write( "In two hours, second train goes 216 miles<BR>\n" );
document.write( "first train goes 216 miles. </SPAN>\n" );
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