document.write( "Question 1120682: Two trains leave the station at the same time, one heading east and the other west. The eastbound train travels
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\n" ); document.write( "Two trains leave the station at the same time, one heading east and the other west. The eastbound train travels
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Let eastbound train's speed be S
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document.write( "Then westbound train's speed = S - 18
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document.write( "We then get: 3S + 3(S - 18) = 600
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document.write( "Solve this of S, the speed of the eastbound train. 
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document.write( "You should get:  \n" );
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