SOLUTION: a japanese bullet train leaves the station traveling west at 164mph. A piegon which was resting on the train is startled, and starts flying east at 40mph. after two hours, how far

Question 631434: a japanese bullet train leaves the station traveling west at 164mph. A piegon which was resting on the train is startled, and starts flying east at 40mph. after two hours, how far apsrt are the pigeon and the train? this problem can be solved without using variables to represent unknowns. however you will need to use a distance diagram, and a table to set up the problem. you also do not need to check but do double check your math
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Think of the pigeon as not moving, but the train traveling
at mi/hr

mi apart
The distance diagram would look like:

with distance on the vertical axis
and time on the horizontal
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