SOLUTION: Two trains, one traveling 10 km/h faster than the other, leave the same station at the same time, one
traveling east and one traveling west. At the end of 6 hours, they are 540 km
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Question 280060: Two trains, one traveling 10 km/h faster than the other, leave the same station at the same time, one
traveling east and one traveling west. At the end of 6 hours, they are 540 km apart. How far does each train travel?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
It's the same problem if you think of 1 train
as being stationary, and the other moving at
their added speeds
In hrs:
km/hr is their added speeds
Their speeds are and
In hrs, 1st train goes
km
and the 2nd train goes
km
check:
OK
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