SOLUTION: Rapid City is 360 miles from Sioux Falls. At 6 am freight train leaves Rapid City for Sioux Falls and at the same time a passenger train leaves Sioux Falls for Rapid City. The 2 tr

Question 1147247: Rapid City is 360 miles from Sioux Falls. At 6 am freight train leaves Rapid City for Sioux Falls and at the same time a passenger train leaves Sioux Falls for Rapid City. The 2 trains meet at 9am if the freight train travels 3/5 of the speed of the passenget train how fast does the passenger train travels?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
speed passenger train, X
speed freight train 3X/5

6AM to 9AM is 3 hours.

Solve for X.
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