SOLUTION: San Francisco and Los Angeles are 470 miles apart by train. An express train leaves L.A. at the same time as a passenger train leaves San Francisco. The express train travels 10 mp

Question 1092492: San Francisco and Los Angeles are 470 miles apart by train. An express train leaves L.A. at the same time as a passenger train leaves San Francisco. The express train travels 10 mph faster then the passenger train. The 2 trains pass by each other (meet) in 2.5 hours. How fast is each train traveling?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
r, speed of express train from L.A.

L.A. Express Train, 99 mph
S.F. Train, 89 mph
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