SOLUTION: an express train tavels 80 kilometers per hour from ironton to wildwood. a local train, traveling at 48 kilometers per hour, takes 2 hours longer for the same trip. how far apart a

Question 559647: an express train tavels 80 kilometers per hour from ironton to wildwood. a local train, traveling at 48 kilometers per hour, takes 2 hours longer for the same trip. how far apart are ironton and wildwood?
Answer by CubeyThePenguin(3113) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
distance = rate * time

x = hours it takes for express train to get from Ironton to Wildwood

(80)(x) = (48)(x + 2)
80x = 48x + 96
32x = 96
x = 3

Distance = (80 km/h)(3 h) = 240 km
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