SOLUTION: the average speed of an express train is 8 miles per hour slower than twice the speed of the local train. both trains leave the same station traveling in opposite directions at the
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Question 1020502: the average speed of an express train is 8 miles per hour slower than twice the speed of the local train. both trains leave the same station traveling in opposite directions at the same time. after 2 hours of travel, the trains are 224 miles apart. Find the speed of each train. Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let = the speed of the local train = the speed of the express train
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You can think of this as one of the trains moving
at the sum of their speeds and the other one
standing still
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and
The speed of the local train is 40 mi/hr
The speed of the express train is 72 mi/hr
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