1. A freight train and a passenger train start towardeach other at the same time

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1. A freight train and a passenger train start towardeach other at the same time from two towns that are 500 milesapart. After 3 hours the trains are still 80 miles apart. If theaverage rate of speed of the passenger train is 20 miles per hourfaster than the average rate of speed of the freight train, what isthe average rate of speed, in miles per hour, of the freighttrain? a. 40   b. 45   c.50     d. 55   e. 60 1. A freight train and a passenger train start towardeach other at the same time from two towns that are 500 milesapart. After 3 hours the trains are still 80 miles apart. If theaverage rate of speed of the passenger train is 20 miles per hourfaster than the average rate of speed of the freight train, what isthe average rate of speed, in miles per hour, of the freighttrain? a. 40   b. 45   c.50     d. 55   e. 60

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1. A freight train and a passenger train start towardeach other at the same time from two towns that are 500 milesapart. After 3 hours the trains are still 80 miles apart. If theaverage rate of speed of the passenger train is 20 miles per hourfaster than the average rate of speed of the freight train, what isthe average rate of speed, in miles per hour, of the freighttrain? a. 40   b. 45   c.50     d. 55   e.60

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