A train leaves Atlanta at 1:00PM. A second train leaves the same city in the same direction at 6:00 PM. The second train travels 50 mph faster than the first. If the second train overtakes the first at 10:00 PM, what is the speed of each of the two trains?

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A train leaves Atlanta at 1:00PM.  A second train leaves the same city in the same direction at 6:00 PM.  The second train travels 50 mph faster than the first.  If the second train overtakes the first at 10:00 PM, what is the speed of each of the two trains?

anonymous · Answer

9x=4(x+50)
5x=200
x=40
40.90

a_clan · Answer

v2 - v1 = 50  ...(1)

v1*9 = v2*4  .....(2)

anonymous · Answer

train one is travelling at 40mph and train two is travelling at 90 mph

anonymous · Answer

so the first train is 41???  and the second would be 91??