SOLUTION: Two trains are 315 miles apart traveling toward each other on parallel tracks. The faster train is traveling at twice the speed of the slower train. If they left at the same time
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Question 524193: Two trains are 315 miles apart traveling toward each other on parallel tracks. The faster train is traveling at twice the speed of the slower train. If they left at the same time and pass each other in 3 hours, find the speeds of both trains.
Answer by rfer(16322) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
315/3=105
x+2x=105
3x=105
x=35 mph
2x=70 mph
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