SOLUTION: train a has a speed 25 miles per hour greater than that out of train b if train a travels 330 miles in the same time train b trsvels 280 miles what are the speeds of the two trains

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Question 1191441: train a has a speed 25 miles per hour greater than that out of train b if train a travels 330 miles in the same time train b trsvels 280 miles what are the speeds of the two trains


Found 3 solutions by josgarithmetic, greenestamps, Alan3354:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

TRAIN          SPEED         TIME       DISTANCE
  A            r+25           x          330
  B            r              x          280

-------------according to the description.







-----------Train B speed
Speed train A is .
Answer by greenestamps(13200)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


The times are the same; the difference in distance of the two trains is 330-280=50 miles, and the difference in their speeds is 25 mph. That means the number of hours each train travels is 50/25=2.

Train a traveling 280 miles in 2 hours means its speed is 140mph; train b traveling 330 miles in 2 hours means its speed is 165mph.

ANSWERS (mathematically -- but not realistically): train a 140mph; train b 165mph
Answer by Alan3354(69443)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I rode the TGV train from Paris to Gent at 200 mi/hr.
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