SOLUTION: A train leaves Miami at 4:00 PM. A second train leaves the same city in the same direction at 8:00 PM. The second train travels 124 mph faster than the first. If the second train o
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Question 1059443: A train leaves Miami at 4:00 PM. A second train leaves the same city in the same direction at 8:00 PM. The second train travels 124 mph faster than the first. If the second train overtakes the first at 10:00 PM, what is the speed of each of the two trains? Answer by josgarithmetic(39621) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The late but fast train traveled for 2 hours while the slow but early train traveled for 6 hours.
SPEED TIME DISTANCE
SLOW EARLY r 6 d
FAST LATE r+124 2 d
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