SOLUTION: Science and Nutrition. A passenger train can travel 325 mi in the same time a freight train takes to travel 200 mi. If the speed of the passenger train is 25 mi faster than the spe
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Question 94584: Science and Nutrition. A passenger train can travel 325 mi in the same time a freight train takes to travel 200 mi. If the speed of the passenger train is 25 mi faster than the speed of the freight train, find the speed of each.
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A passenger train can travel 325 mi in the same time a freight train takes to travel 200 mi. If the speed of the passenger train is 25 mi faster than the speed of the freight train, find the speed of each.
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Let s = speed of the freight
Then
(s+25) = speed of the pass train
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They are giving the time as the same for both trains, make a time equation from this fact:
Time = Dist/speed
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=
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Cross multiply and you have:
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325s = 200(s+25)
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325s = 200s + 5000
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325s - 200s = 5000
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125s = 5000
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s = 5000/125
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s = 40 mph, speed of the freight
and
(s+25) = 65 mph, speed of the pass train
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Check solutions, is the time the same?
200/40 = 325/65
5 = 5
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