document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1170459>Question 1170459</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hi\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A train after travelling 50km  meets an accident and and after reducing 3/4 of its former speed arrives 25min late. If the accident occurred 24km behind it would have arrived 35 minutes late.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What is the speed and distance travelled by the train.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thanks\r<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 #837865 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ikleyn><B>ikleyn(52794)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ikleyn><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=ikleyn><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=837865\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> .<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A train after travelling 50km meets an accident and and after reducing 3/4 of its former speed arrives 25min late. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "If the accident occurred 24km behind it would have arrived 35 minutes late.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "What is the speed and distance travelled by the train.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I write these lines for the future generations of students who will read this post.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It is a classic/standard well known problem, but in the arrived post it is given in mispresented/perverted form. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Its standard/canonic formulation is THIS\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "    A train after traveling for 50 km meets with an accident and then proceeds \r\n" );
document.write( "    at 3/4 of its former speed and arrives at its destination 35 minutes late. \r\n" );
document.write( "    Had the accident occurred 24 km farther, it would have reached the destination \r\n" );
document.write( "    only 25 minutes late. What is the speed of the train?\r\n" );
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document.write( "In this formulation, &nbsp;you can find this problem in many sources in the Internet\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "https://gmatclub.com/forum/a-train-after-traveling-at-50kmph-meets-with-an-accident-and-then-189660.html\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "https://www.beatthegmat.com/a-train-after-traveling-for-50-km-meets-with-an-accident-t303201.html\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "https://www.toppr.com/ask/en-us/question/a-train-after-travelling-50-km-meet-with-an-accident-and-then-proceeds-at-34th/\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "As you see, &nbsp;the formulation given in the arrived post is &nbsp;DIFFERENT &nbsp;from the classic.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So, &nbsp;it is not surprised that the numbers in the @mananth solution are unrealistic.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Again, &nbsp;for the right formulation and an adequate solution see the referred sources.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It is often happens at this forum that the problems come mutilated beyond recognition.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In that formulation in the arrived post, &nbsp;I would consider this &nbsp;\" problem \" <BR>\n" );
document.write( "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;as a garbage, &nbsp;or as a unfortunate misunderstanding,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;or as a fruit of creativity of unprofessional Math composers,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;who are not responsible and can not be responsible for their compositions<BR>\n" );
document.write( "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(and even do not understand the meaning of these words).\r<BR>\n" );
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