SOLUTION: Hello Tutor I am having problems with this word problem if I could get some help. A passenger train can travel 325 mi in the same time a freight train takes to travel 200 mi.

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Question 98664This question is from textbook Beginning Algebra
: Hello Tutor I am having problems with this word problem if I could get some help.
A passenger train can travel 325 mi in the same time a freight train takes to travel 200 mi. If the speed of the passenger train is 25 mi/h faster than the speed of the freight train, find the speed of each.
Thank you for your help. This question is from textbook Beginning Algebra

Answer by 303795(602) (Show Source):
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As the passenger train is 25 mph faster and it travels an extra 125 miles then the trains have been travelling for 125/25 = 5 hours.
The passenger train speed is therefore 325/5=65 mph
and the freight train speed is 200/5 = 40 mph.