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The goal of these matching questions is to practice step (2), Translate, of the five-step problem-solving process. Translate each word problem to an equation or a system of equations and select a correct translation from equations A–O.
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Train Travel. An Amtrak train leaves a station and travels east at 40 mph. Three hours later, a second train leaves on a parallel track traveling east at 50 mph. After what amount of time will the second train overtake the first?
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