SOLUTION: A cattle train left Portland and traveled toward San Francisco. 6 hours later a diesel train left traveling at 60 km/h in an effort to catch up to the cattle train. After traveling

Question 1036778: A cattle train left Portland and traveled toward San Francisco. 6 hours later a diesel train left traveling at 60 km/h in an effort to catch up to the cattle train. After traveling for four hours the distal train finally caught up. What was the cattle trains average speed?
Answer by jorel555(1290) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The diesel train has been traveling for 4 hours, at a speed of 60 kmh, for a total of 240 kms. The cattle train took 10 hours to cover that distance, so it's average speed is 240km/10 hrs, or 24 km/h!!!!!!!!!!
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