document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1109978>Question 1109978</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Two trains leave the station at the same time, one heading west and the other east. The westbound train travels <BR>\n" );
document.write( " 14 miles per hour faster than the eastbound train. If the two trains are <BR>\n" );
document.write( "800 miles apart after <BR>\n" );
document.write( " 5 hours, what is the rate of the westbound train?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #724961 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josmiceli><B>josmiceli(19441)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josmiceli><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=josmiceli><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=724961\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Let <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+s+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+s+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = the speed of the eastbound train in mi/hr<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You can think of this as one of the trains standing<BR>\n" );
document.write( "still and the other one travelling at the sum of their speeds<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "and<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The westbound's speed was 87 mi/hr<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "check answer:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "and<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "OK<BR>\n" );
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