SOLUTION: The speed of a passenger train is 20 mph faster than the speed of a freight train. The passenger train travels 340 miles in the same time it takes the freight train to travel 240 m

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Question 1072968: The speed of a passenger train is 20 mph faster than the speed of a freight train. The passenger train travels 340 miles in the same time it takes the freight train to travel 240 miles. Find the speed of each train.

Answer by josgarithmetic(39617)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
passenger, r+20
freight, r


Two descriptions of time are equal, .

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