SOLUTION: This speed up a freight train is 15 mph slower then the speed of a passenger train. The freight train travels 350 Miles in the same time that it takes the passenger train to travel
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Question 850527: This speed up a freight train is 15 mph slower then the speed of a passenger train. The freight train travels 350 Miles in the same time that it takes the passenger train to travel 450 miles. Find the speed of each train.
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This speed up a freight train is 15 mph slower then the speed of a passenger train. The freight train travels 350 Miles in the same time that it takes the passenger train to travel 450 miles. Find the speed of each train.
:
Let s = the speed of the freight
then
(s+15) = speed of the pass
:
Write a time equation; time = dist/speed
=
Cross multiply
450s = 350(s+15)
450s = 350s + 5250
450s - 350s = 5250
s = 5250/100
s = 52.5 mph is the speed of the freight
then
52.5 + 15 = 67.5 mph is the speed of pass train
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