Question

The speed of a passenger is 20 mph faster than the speed of a freight train. The passenger train travels 290 miles in the same time it takes the freight train to travel 190 miles. Find the speed of each train .

Answer 1

passenger train is travelling 58mph

freight train at 38 mph

Explanation:

first i listed all the numbers that could divide 190

1,2,5,10,19,38

& then it was simple from there .

next all i had to do is add 20 to each number and then see if that number could divide 290

38 could divide 190

38+20 =58

290÷58=5

190 ÷38=5

it took the passenger train 5 mins to travel 290 miles while the freight train took 5 mins to trvel 190 miles