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Download Solution PDFA passenger train running at the speed of 75 km/hr leaves the railway station 9 hours after a goods train leaves and overtakes it in 6 hours The speed of the goods train is
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Let the speed of the goods train be x km/hr.
The passenger train covers in 6 hr = 75 × 6 = 450 km
The goods train covers a distance of x × 15 = 15x km in 15 hours.
Now, 15x = 450
⇒ x = 450/15 = 30 km/hr
∴ The speed of the goods train is 30 km/hr.
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