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Question 196584: A passenger train leaves a train station four hours after a freight train leaves the same station. The freight train is traveling ten mph slower than the passenger train. Find the rate of the passenger train if the passenger train overtakes the freight train in 20hours. Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A passenger train leaves a train station four hours after a freight train leaves the same station. The freight train is traveling ten mph slower than the passenger train. Find the rate of the passenger train if the passenger train overtakes the freight train in 20hours.
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Since it took 20 hours at 10 mph relative speed, they started with 200 miles between them.
The slower train got 200 miles ahead in 4 hours, so it's going 50 mph.
The faster train is going 60 mph.
