SOLUTION: A train leaves New Orleans at 6:00PM. The second train leaves the same city traveling in the same direction at 8:00PM. The second train travels 46 mph faster than the first. If the

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Question 907295: A train leaves New Orleans at 6:00PM. The second train leaves the same city traveling in the same direction at 8:00PM. The second train travels 46 mph faster than the first. If the second train overtakes the first at 10:00PM , what is the speed of each train?
Answer by richwmiller(17219) About Me  (Show Source):
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r*t=d
4*r=d
2*(r+46)=4*r
2r+92=4r
2r=92
r=46 mph first train
r+46=92 mph second train