A high-speed train makes a 450 mile nonstop run between two major cities in hours. The train travels 100 mph in the country, but safety regulations require that it travel only 25 mph when passing through smaller, intermediate cities. How many hours are spent traveling through the smaller cities?

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A high-speed train makes a 450 mile nonstop run between two major cities in hours. The train travels 100 mph in the country,
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but sąfety regulations require that it travel only 25 mph when passing through smaller, intermediate cities. How many hours are spent
traveling through the småller cities?
Transcribed Image Text:A high-speed train makes a 450 mile nonstop run between two major cities in hours. The train travels 100 mph in the country, 7 but sąfety regulations require that it travel only 25 mph when passing through smaller, intermediate cities. How many hours are spent traveling through the småller cities?
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