SOLUTION: Help me to solve this problem, A freight trains runs 11 miles less per hour than a passenger train. it runs 88 miles in the same time that the passenger train runs 132 miles.

Question 1145961: Help me to solve this problem,
A freight trains runs 11 miles less per hour than a passenger
train. it runs 88 miles in the same time that the passenger train runs 132 miles. find the rate of each train.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39623) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

                 SPEED        TIME              DISTANCE

freight           r-11        88/(r-11)              88

passenger          r          132/r                 132

The times were described as equal.

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