SOLUTION: Two trains traveled from opposite directions from the same starting point. The rate of one train was 20 km/h faster than the rate of the other. After 2 hrs, they were 360 km apart.
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Question 314691: Two trains traveled from opposite directions from the same starting point. The rate of one train was 20 km/h faster than the rate of the other. After 2 hrs, they were 360 km apart.Find the rate of each train.
Answer by checkley77(12844) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
D=RT
360=(R+R+20)2
360=(2R+20)2
360=4R+40
4R=360-40
4R=320
R=32O/4
R=80 km/h FOR THE SLOWER TRAIN.
80+20=100 km/h.
PROOF:
360=(80=100)2
360=180*2
360=360
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