SOLUTION: An express train travels 80 kilometers per our from Ironton to Wildwood. A local train traveling at 48 Kilometers per hour, takes 2 hours longer for the same trip. How far apart
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: An express train travels 80 kilometers per our from Ironton to Wildwood. A local train traveling at 48 Kilometers per hour, takes 2 hours longer for the same trip. How far apart are Ironton and Wildwood?
This question is from textbook Algebra 1
Answer by jojo14344(1513) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Remember: -------------> EQN 1
express Train=: local Train=
In EQN 1 we get:
;
We equate the 2 eqns since distance is the same, and remember too takes 2 hours longer. It follows ----> EQN 2
Continuing,
, subst. EQN 2
----->
:
So via EQn 1:
; ---> Ironton to Wildwood
thank you,
Jojo
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