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A train covers 360 km. If its speed were 5 km/h more, it would take 1 hour less. What was its original speed?

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Correct answer: 40 km/h

Use the relation time = distance/speed. Let the original speed be x km/h. The original time is 360/x hours, while the increased-speed time is 360/(x + 5) hours. The statement gives 360/x − 360/(x + 5) = 1. On simplifying, 1800/[x(x + 5)] = 1, so x² + 5x − 1800 = 0. Factorisation gives (x − 40)(x + 45) = 0. Since speed must be positive, x = 40 km/h. Thus option A is correct. Checking, the original time is 9 hours and the new time is 360/45 = 8 hours, exactly one hour less. The other options do not produce this one-hour difference.

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