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Two trains leave a railway station at the same time. The first train travels towards west and the second train towards north. The first train travels 5 km/hr faster then the second train. If after two hours they are 50 km. apart, find the average speed of each train.

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x + 5 = 15 + 5 = 20 kmph.
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