SOLUTION: A Train Leaves Los Angeles at 2:00 PM. A second train leaves the same station in the same direction at 4:00 PM. The second train travels 24mph faster than the first. If the second

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: A Train Leaves Los Angeles at 2:00 PM. A second train leaves the same station in the same direction at 4:00 PM. The second train travels 24mph faster than the first. If the second train overtakes the first at 7:00pm, what is the speed of each of the two trains?
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Answer by checkley77(12844) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
D=RT
SEEING AS THE DISTANCES ARE THE SAME WE HAVE:
5R=3(R+24)
5R=3R+72
5R-3R=72
2R=72
R=72/2
R=36 MPH. IS THE SPEED OF THE FIRST TRAIN.
36+24=60 MPH. IS THE SPEED OF THE SECOND TRAIN.
PROOF:
5*36=3(60)
180=180

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