SOLUTION: Here is a distance word problem that I don't understand, here goes:
"A freight train leaves a station traveling at 48.3 kph. Two hours later, a passenger train leaves the same
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Question 1139978: Here is a distance word problem that I don't understand, here goes:
"A freight train leaves a station traveling at 48.3 kph. Two hours later, a passenger train leaves the same station in the same diretion at 64.4 kph. How far from the station does the passenger train oertake the freight train?"
Can someone tell me what the distance is? thanks in advance.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
two hours after freight train started, moved kilometers.
When passenger train starts, its approach rate to freight train is 64.4- kilometers per hour.
x, time to catchup, in hours
6 hours
Distance from station:
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"386.4 kilometers" as computed
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