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two trains leave a railway station at the same time. the first train travel towards west and the second train towards north. the first travels 5 km/hr faster than the second train. if after two hours they are 50 km. apart, find the average speed of each train. |
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Answer» Let the average spped of the SECOND train be x km/h. Thus, the speed of the first train will be (x+5) km/h. Distance TRAVELLED by the first train in TWO hours =2(x+5) km/h Distance travelled by the second train in two hours =2x km/h Using pythagoras theorem, we have 4x 2 +4(x+5) 2 =50 2
4x 2 +4x 2 +40x+100=2500 8x 2 +40x−2400=0 x 2 +5x−300=0 (x−15)(x+20)=0 x=15,−20 Ignore the negative VALUE of the speed. We have, Speed of the second train be 15 km/h. Spped of the first train be (15+5)= 20 km/h |
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