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Question 1050419: A train leaves Boston at 1:00 PM. A second train leaves the same city in the same direction at 3:00 PM. The second train travels 28 mph faster than the first. If the second train overtakes the first at 6:00 PM, what is the speed of each of the two trains? Answer by advanced_Learner(501) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A train leaves Boston at 1:00 PM. A second train leaves the same city in the same direction at 3:00 PM. The second train travels 28 mph faster than the first. If the second train overtakes the first at 6:00 PM, what is the speed of each of the two trains?
first train
speed r
time 5 hours
distance 5r
second train
speed 28+r
time 3 hours
distance 3(28+r)
