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If a train travels at 80km/h and a car travels at 60km/h, how much longer than the train would it take the car to arrive at a town 200km away?

Answer by josgarithmetic(39799)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The distance is the same for the train and for the car.

r is rate
t is time
d is distance.
Based on that,

Train: hours
Car: hours

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