SOLUTION: The speed of a passenger train is 16mph faster than the speed of a freight train. The passenger train travels 290 miles in the same time it takes the freight train to travel 210 m
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Question 469560: The speed of a passenger train is 16mph faster than the speed of a freight train. The passenger train travels 290 miles in the same time it takes the freight train to travel 210 miles. Find the speed of each train.
Answer by jorel1380(3719) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
290/n+16=210/n
290n=210n+3360
80n=3360
n=42
The freight train goes 42 mph. The passenger train travels at 58 mph..
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