SOLUTION: The speed of an Amtrak passenger train is 12 mph faster than the speed of a Central Railway freight train. the passenger train travels 400 miles in the same time it takes the freig
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Question 917112: The speed of an Amtrak passenger train is 12 mph faster than the speed of a Central Railway freight train. the passenger train travels 400 miles in the same time it takes the freight train to travel 330 miles. Find the speed of each train.
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The speed of an Amtrak passenger train is 12 mph faster than the speed of a Central Railway freight train. the passenger train travels 400 miles in the same time it takes the freight train to travel 330 miles. Find the speed of each train.
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s = speed of the freight
then
(s+12) = speed of the pass train
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Write a time equation; time = dist/speed
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=
cross multiply
400s = 330(s+12)
400s = 330s + 3960
400s - 330s = 3960
s = 3960/70
s = 56.57 mph is the freight
then, obviously, 68.57 mph is pass train
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Confirm this, find the time for each, should be equal
400/68.57 = 5.83 hrs
330/56.57 = 5.83 hrs
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