on average , exante express trains are 50km/h faster than Paral passenger trains. A paral train requires 60% more time than an exante train to travel 1800 km from matsay to rawindi
calculate the average speed of each train
calculate the time it takes each train for the journey
e = p + 50
time = distance / rate
... 1.6 (1800 / e) = 1800 / p
substituting
... 1.6 [1800 / (p + 50)] = 1800 / p
solve for p, then substitute back to find e and the times
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To calculate the average speed of each train and the time it takes for the journey, we can follow these steps:
Step 1: Let's assume the average speed of the Paral passenger train is "v" km/h.
Step 2: Since the exante express trains are 50 km/h faster, the average speed of the exante train would be "v + 50" km/h.
Step 3: The time it takes for the Paral passenger train to travel 1800 km would be calculated as follows: Time_Paral = Distance / Speed = 1800 / v.
Step 4: The exante express train requires 60% less time, which means it takes only 40% of the time taken by the Paral passenger train. Hence, the time it takes for the exante express train to travel 1800 km would be: Time_Exante = (40/100) * Time_Paral.
Now let's substitute the values and calculate:
Time_Paral = 1800 / v
Time_Exante = (40/100) * Time_Paral
To find the average speeds, we need to plug in the values of "v" and calculate the speeds:
Average speed of Paral train = v km/h
Average speed of exante train = v + 50 km/h
Would you like to proceed with the calculation? If so, please provide the value of "v," which represents the average speed of the Paral passenger train.
To calculate the average speed of each train, we need to set up a system of equations using the given information.
Let's assume the average speed of the Paral passenger train is "x" km/h. Since the Exante express trains are 50 km/h faster, the average speed of Exante trains would be "x + 50" km/h.
We know that the Paral train requires 60% more time than the Exante train to travel 1800 km.
To calculate the average speed, we'll use the formula: speed = distance / time.
For the Paral train, the distance is 1800 km and the time is represented as 1.6 times the Exante train's time:
(speed_p) = distance / (1.6 * time_e)
For the Exante train, the distance is again 1800 km, but the time is denoted as "time_e":
(speed_e) = distance / time_e
Now, we can set up the equations:
(speed_p) = 1800 / (1.6 * time_e)
(speed_e) = 1800 / time_e
To solve for the average speed of each train, we need to solve these equations simultaneously.
Now, rearrange the equation for (speed_p) to solve for (time_e):
(time_e) = 1800 / [(1.6 * speed_p)]
Now substitute this expression for (time_e) in the equation for (speed_e):
(speed_e) = 1800 / [(1800 / (1.6 * speed_p))]
(speed_e) = 1.6 * speed_p
So, we know the average speed of the Exante train is 1.6 times the average speed of the Paral train.
To find the average speed of each train, we can substitute an arbitrary value for the average speed of the Paral train (let's say x = 100 km/h):
(speed_e) = 1.6 * 100 km/h = 160 km/h
(speed_p) = 100 km/h
Therefore, the average speed of the Exante express train is 160 km/h, and the average speed of the Paral passenger train is 100 km/h.
To calculate the time it takes for each train to complete the journey:
For the Exante train:
time_e = distance / speed_e = 1800 km / 160 km/h = 11.25 hours
For the Paral train:
time_p = distance / speed_p = 1800 km / 100 km/h = 18 hours
So, it takes the Exante train 11.25 hours and the Paral train 18 hours to travel the 1800 km journey from Matsay to Rawindi.