SOLUTION: Engine pulls train 140 miles, 2nd engine is 5 mph faster than first, takes over and pull the train 200 miles, total time required for 6 hrs.
find the average rate of each engin
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Question 356937: Engine pulls train 140 miles, 2nd engine is 5 mph faster than first, takes over and pull the train 200 miles, total time required for 6 hrs.
find the average rate of each engine.
totally stuck on the setup of the problem.. Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Engine pulls train 140 miles,
2nd engine is 5 mph faster than first, takes over and pull the train 200 miles,
total time required for 6 hrs.
find the average rate of each engine.
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Let s = speed of the slower engine
then
(s+5) = speed of the faster
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Write a time equation, Time = dist/speed
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Slow engine time + fast engine time = 6 hrs + = 6
multiply by s(s+5), results
140(s+5) + 200s = 6s(s+5)
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140s + 700 + 200s = 6s^2 + 30s
Arrange as a quadratic on the right
0 = 6s^2 + 30s - 140s - 200s - 700
6s^2 - 310s - 700 = 0
Simplify, divide by 2
3s^2 - 155s - 350 = 0
Use the quadratic formula to find the positive solution
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