SOLUTION: The speed of train A is 20 mph slower than the speed of train B. Train A travels 190 miles in the same time it takes train B to travel 290 miles. Find the speed of each train.

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Question 537557: The speed of train A is 20 mph slower than the speed of train B. Train A travels 190 miles in the same time it takes train B to travel 290 miles. Find the speed of each train.

Answer by fcabanski(1391) About Me  (Show Source):
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Call the rate of speed of train B = B.


Call the rate of speed of train A = B-20


Do that because the problem said A's rate is 20 mph less than B's.


D=rt for both, and the t is the same.


Train A: 190=%28B-20%29t


Divide both sides by B-20, so


Train A: 190%2F%28B-20%29+=+t


Train B: 290=Bt


Divide both sides by B.


Train B: 290%2FB=t


t is the same in both cases, so set the equations equal to each other.


190%2F%28B-20%29+=+290%2FB


Cross multiply.


190B+=+290%28B-20%29+=+290B-5800


Subtract 290B from both sides.


-100B=-5800


Divide both sides by -100.


B+=+58


Train B's rate = B = 58 mph.


Train A's rate = B-20 = 58-20 = 38mph

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