document.write( "Question 1156499: Train A has a speed 25 miles per hour greater than that of train B. If train A travels 240 miles in the same times train B travels 165 miles, what are the speeds of the two trains?
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document.write( "Let the train A speed be x mph;  then the train B speed is (x-25) mph.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The time equation is\r\n" );
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document.write( "     = ,   or\r\n" );
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document.write( "     = .\r\n" );
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document.write( "Cross multiply and continue step by step\r\n" );
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document.write( "    48*(x-25) = 33x\r\n" );
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document.write( "    48x - 48*25 = 33x\r\n" );
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document.write( "    48x - 33x = 48*25\r\n" );
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document.write( "    15x = 48*25\r\n" );
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document.write( "      x = 16*5 = 80.\r\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER.   Train A speed is 80 mph.  Train B speed is 80-25 = 55 mph.\r\n" );
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