SOLUTION: The speed of a passenger train is 8 mph hour faster than the speed of a freight train. The passenger train travels 320 miles is the same time it take the freight train to travel 28

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Question 676941: The speed of a passenger train is 8 mph hour faster than the speed of a freight train. The passenger train travels 320 miles is the same time it take the freight train to travel 280 miles. Find the speed of each train.
Answer by lynnlo(4176) About Me  (Show Source):
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t's=320
t*(s-8)=280
t=320/s=280/(s-8)
320(s-8)=280s
320s-2560=280s
40s=2560
s=64
56mph=freight train
t=5hours