SOLUTION: The Metro Rail travels 240 km at a uniform rate.If the speed had been 8 km per hour more,the journey would have taken 1 hour less.what is the speed of the train?

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Question 162015: The Metro Rail travels 240 km at a uniform rate.If the speed had been 8 km per hour more,the journey would have taken 1 hour less.what is the speed of the train?
Answer by josmiceli(19441)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Given:
km
If the speed was km/hr
the time would have been hr
The equations are:
and


And, since ,

Subtract from both sides


Substitute this in


Divide both sides by



hrs



km/hr
The speed of the train was 40 km/hr
check answer:





OK

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