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Question 844341: A train leaves Orlando at 1pm. A second train leaves the same city in the same direction at 6pm. The second train travels 160mph faster than the first. If the second train overtakes the first at 8pm what is the speed of the 2 trains? Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Either train overtaking the other means they travel in the same direction, either parallel or on same path.
TRAIN___________speed_______time(not as points)_____distance
A, slow__________r___________7______________________r*7
B, fast________r+160_________2______________________(r+160)*2
Distinguish between time points on a number line, and quantities of time between points on a number line. The time column shows time increments according to the described information.
The fast train overtakes the slow train when .
Solve for r.
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