document.write( "Question 19770: I'm very bad at word problems and this one seems to make me more confused!!\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Train A leaves depot A and travels to depot C 400 miles away and Train B leaves depot B one hr later and travels 150 miles to depot C. If Train A is travelling 10mph faster than train B and they arrive at depot C at the same time, how fast was each train travelling?\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "I got this far but that's not really an equation: A=400miles(10+b) B=150miles(A-60min)
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Train A
\n" ); document.write( "distance = speed x times
\n" ); document.write( "distance = 16.4mph x 24.4hours = 400.2 miles\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Train B
\n" ); document.write( "distance = speed x times
\n" ); document.write( "distance = 6.4mph x 23.4hours = 149.8 miles
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