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  • Mar 3, 2011, 05:31 AM
    srinivashd
    Average speed of trains
    An epress train takes 1 hour less than a passenger train to travel 152 kms between mysore and banglore.if the average speed of the express train is 11 km/hr more than that of the passenger train,find the average speed of the two trains.
  • Mar 3, 2011, 05:52 AM
    galactus

    The passenger train travels:

    rt=152

    The express travels:

    (r+11)(t-1)=152

    Two equations with two unknowns.

    Solve for r. Now, you have the rate of each train.

    To find their average, do not fall into the trap of:



    After you have the two rates, use:



    Just let the rate of the passenger train be and the rate of the express, which is 11 more, be

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