SOLUTION: two high speed trains are 290 miles apart and traveling toward each other. They meet in 5 hours. If one train's speed is 10 miles faster per hour than the other, find the speed o
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Question 529921: two high speed trains are 290 miles apart and traveling toward each other. They meet in 5 hours. If one train's speed is 10 miles faster per hour than the other, find the speed of each train. Answer by boilpoil(127) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! We could solve this using algebra:
Let the speed of faster train be x
Then the speed of the slower train be x-10
---5x represents the distance traveled by the faster train, then 5(x-10) represents the distance traveled by the slower train, so the two distance equals 290 because they were once 290 miles away from each other ---The mph here represents 'Miles per hour'
The speed of the slower train
=34-10
=24(mph)
