A man travels 240 km partly by a train and partly by a car. If he covers 160 km by the train and rest by the car, it will take 3 hours 30 minutes. But if he travels 100 km by the train and the rest by the car. It will take 20 minutes more. What is the speed of the train(approximately)?
Question
A man travels 240 km partly by a train and partly by a car. If he covers 160 km by the train and rest by the car, it will take 3 hours 30 minutes. But if he travels 100 km by the train and the rest by the car. It will take 20 minutes more. What is the speed of the train(approximately)?
Solution
Let's denote the speed of the train as T km/h and the speed of the car as C km/h.
From the first scenario, we know that the time taken to travel 160 km by train and 80 km by car is 3.5 hours. So we can write this as:
160/T + 80/C = 3.5
From the second scenario, we know that the time taken to travel 100 km by train and 140 km by car is 3.5 hours + 20 minutes = 3.83 hours. So we can write this as:
100/T + 140/C = 3.83
Now we have a system of two equations, and we can solve it to find the values of T and C. However, since we only need to find the speed of the train, we can solve the system for T.
First, let's multiply the first equation by T and the second equation by C to get rid of the denominators:
160 + 80T/C = 3.5T 100C/T + 140 = 3.83C
Now we can solve this system of equations for T. This is a bit tricky and might require some algebraic manipulations or the use of a numerical method or a computer algebra system.
After solving the system, we find that the speed of the train T is approximately 80 km/h.
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