A passenger train leaves a railway station at 12:00 pm and travels 3 hours on the Northbound tracks. A second passenger train leaves the same railway station at 12:45 pm and travels 2 hours and 15 minutes onthe Southbound tracks at a speed of 20 kilometers per hour faster than the first train. At 3:00 pm the two trains were 360 kilometers apart. How fast was each train traveling?  How do I setup this equation?

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A passenger train leaves a railway station at 12:00 pm and travels 3 hours on the Northbound tracks. A second passenger train leaves the same railway station at 12:45 pm and travels 2 hours and 15 minutes onthe Southbound tracks at a speed of 20 kilometers per hour faster than the first train. At 3:00 pm the two trains were 360 kilometers apart. How fast was each train traveling? 

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