A passenger train leaves the train depot 2 hours after a freight train left the same depot. The freight train is traveling 20 mph slower than the passenger train. Find the speed of the passenger train, if it overtakes the freight train in three hours.
let the speed of the passenger train be v mph, then the speed of the freight train is v-20 mph.Originally Posted by Dmaloney686
When the trains pass the passenger train has been running for 3 hrs and the freight train has been running for 5 hrs and they gave run the same distance so:
3v=5(v-20)
which you solve for v.
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