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Question 592099: A cattle train left miami and traveled toward New York. 14 hours later a diesel train left traveling at 45km/hr in an effort to catch up to the cattle train. after traveling for four hours, the diesel train caught up. find the average speed of cattle train Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! cattle train left miami and traveled toward New York.
14 hours later a diesel train left traveling at 45km/hr in an effort to catch up to the cattle train.
after traveling for four hours, the diesel train caught up.
find the average speed of cattle train
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Travel time of the diesel is given as 4 hrs
then
4 + 14 = 18 hrs is the travel time of the cattle train
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let s = speed of the cattle train
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When the diesel catches the cattle, they will have traveled the same distance
Write a distance equation; dist = speed * time
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18s = 4*45
18s = 180
s = 180/18
s = 10 mph is the cattle train
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Confirm this solution by finding the distance of each train
4*45 = 180 mi
18*10= 180 mi
