SOLUTION: It takes a passenger train 2 hours less time than it takes a freight train to make a trip from Central City to Clear Creek. The passenger train averages 96 km/h while the freight t
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Question 19995: It takes a passenger train 2 hours less time than it takes a freight train to make a trip from Central City to Clear Creek. The passenger train averages 96 km/h while the freight train averages 64 km/h. How far is it from Central City to Clear Creek?
Answer by Paul(988) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let t be the distance
96(t-2)=64t
96t-192=64t
-32t=-192
t=6
Therefore the distance is 6km or 6miles
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