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Suppose two trains leave a station at the same? time, traveling in opposite directions. Train B travels 20 mph faster than Train A. In 3.5 ?hours, the trains are 378 miles apart. Find the speed of each train

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assume the speed of Train A=x

For that of Train B=x+20

thus 3.5*(x+x+20)=378

then x=44

x+20=64

So the speed of train A and B are 44 and 64 mph, respectively.

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