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An aeroplane flies 3500km in the same time that a train takes to travel 600km .if the aeroplane flies 50 km an hour more than five times the speed of the train.what are the speeds of the train and aeroplane?

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B C NANDI

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Solution

Let speed of train be 'x km/hrs'
then speed of aeroplane will be
'5x+50km/hrs'
distance =speed ×time
since time taken by train and aeroplane is same then
3500/5x+50=600/x
3500x =30000+3000x
500x=30000
x=60km/hrs
train speed =60km/hrs
and aeroplane speed is =350km/hrs

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