SOLUTION: two trains going in opposite directions leave at the same time train b travels 15 mph faster than train a. in 3 hours the trains are 375 miles apart how fast is each train going

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Question 886322: two trains going in opposite directions leave at the same time train b travels 15 mph faster than train a. in 3 hours the trains are 375 miles apart how fast is each train going
Answer by josmiceli(19441)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Think of this as 1 train standing still and
the other one traveling at the sum of their speeds
Let = the speed of the slower train
= the speed of the faster train
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The trains are going 55 mi/hr and 70 mi/hr
check answer:


and


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mi
OK


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