speed of slower train --- x mph
speed of faster train --- x+24 mph
at 10:00 the slower train went for 6 hours
and the faster train went only 4 hours.
But they went the same distance, so ...
6x = 4(x+24)
2x = 96
x = 48
slow train --- 48 mph
fast train ---- 72 mph
A train leaves New York at 4:00 PM a second train leaves the same city in the same direction at 6:00 PM the second train travels 24 mph faster than the first if the second tray overtakes the first at 10:00 PM what is the speed of each of the two trains
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