document.write( "Question 1112437: Two trains leave the station at the same time, one heading west and the other east. The westbound train travels 20miles per hour faster than the eastboundtrain. If the two trains are 600miles apart after 4hours, what is the rate of the westbound train? \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "Two trains leave the station at the same time, one heading west and the other east. The westbound train travels 20miles per hour faster than the eastboundtrain. If the two trains are 600miles apart after 4hours, what is the rate of the westbound train?
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East and west form a STRAIGHT LINE, not a triangle, so as usual, IGNORE the person who continues to post RUBBISH!!\r
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document.write( "Let speed of westbound train be S
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document.write( "Then speed of eastbound train = S – 20
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document.write( "We then get: 4S + 4(S – 20) = 600
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document.write( "4S + 4S – 80 = 600
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document.write( "8S = 680
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document.write( "S, or speed of westbound train =  \n" );
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