document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1119319>Question 1119319</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" );
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document.write( "miles per hour slower than the eastbound train. If the two trains are <BR>\n" );
document.write( "950<BR>\n" );
document.write( " miles apart after <BR>\n" );
document.write( "5<BR>\n" );
document.write( " hours, what is the rate of the westbound train?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The two trains are traveling in opposite directions for 5 hours, ending up 950 miles apart, so their combined speed is 950/5 = 190 mph.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let the speeds be x and x+16; then any of a number of paths using basic algebra will show the two speeds are 87 mph and 103 mph.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "I will show you my favorite way of getting to this answer; it might not be a method you find to your liking....<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "We have two speeds that combine to 190 mph; one is 16 mph faster than the other.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "So we can reason that if the two speeds were the same, they would both be 190/2 = 95 mph.  But since the speeds differ by 16 mph, we can get the actual speeds by adding 8 mph to one speed and subtracting 8 mph from the other.  That gives the two speeds as 95+8 = 103 mph and 95-8 = 87 mph. </SPAN>\n" );
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