SOLUTION: Two high speed trains are 500 miles apart and traveling toward each other. They meet in 2 hours. If one train's speed is 15 miles per hour faster than the other, find the speed o
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Question 867898: Two high speed trains are 500 miles apart and traveling toward each other. They meet in 2 hours. If one train's speed is 15 miles per hour faster than the other, find the speed of each train. Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Train I speed -------------x mph
Train II-------------------(x+15) mph
Moving towards each other
so effective speed = x+x+15 = 2x+15 mph
Distance = 500 miles
Time = 2 hours
d=rt
500 = (2x+15)*2
/2
250=2x+15
-15, -15
235=2x
/2
x=117.5 mph
Train I speed =117.50 mph
Train II speed ------add 15 to train I speed
