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Question 68681: Please help me with this: A passenger train can travel 325 miles in the same time a freight train takes to travel 200 miles. If the speed of the passenger train is 25 miles per hour faster than the speed of the freight train, find the speed of each train.
I have tried all day to come up with a solution and cannot come up with one.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
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s%5Bp%5D+=+325+%2F+t
s%5Bf%5D+=+200+%2F+t
t is the same for both, but is not known yet
s%5Bp%5D+=+s%5Bf%5D+%2B+25
325%2Ft+=+%28200%2Ft%29+%2B+25
325+=+200+%2B+25t
25t+=+125
t+=+5 hours
s%5Bp%5D+=+325+%2F+t
s%5Bp%5D+=+325%2F5
s%5Bp%5D+=+65 miles/hr
s%5Bf%5D+=+200+%2F+t
s%5Bf%5D+=+200+%2F+5
s%5Bf%5D+=+40 miles/hr