SOLUTION: An express and local train leave GraysLake at 3 P.M. and head for Chicago 50 miles away. The express travels twice as fast as the local and arrives 1 hour ahead of the local. Find
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Question 574570: An express and local train leave GraysLake at 3 P.M. and head for Chicago 50 miles away. The express travels twice as fast as the local and arrives 1 hour ahead of the local. Find the speed of each train.
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An express and local train leave GraysLake at 3 P.M. and head for Chicago 50 miles away.
The express travels twice as fast as the local and arrives 1 hour ahead of the local.
Find the speed of each train.
:
let s = speed of the local
then
2s = speed of the express
:
write a time equation: time = dist/speed
:
Local time - Express time = 1 hr
- = 1
Multiply by 2s
2s* - 2s* = 2s(1)
cancel the denominators
2(50) - 50 = 2s
100 - 50 = 2s
50 = 2s; 50 mph is the speed of express
and
s = 50/2 = 25 mph is the speed of the local
;
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Check this by finding the time of each
Local: 50/25 = 2 hrs
Expre: 50/50 = 1 hr
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difference = 1 hr
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