SOLUTION: A train leaves the station at 6:00pm traveling west at 80mi/h. On a parallel track, a second train leaves the station 3 hours later traveling west at 100mi/h. At what tine will the
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Question 390459: A train leaves the station at 6:00pm traveling west at 80mi/h. On a parallel track, a second train leaves the station 3 hours later traveling west at 100mi/h. At what tine will the second train catch up with the first?
Answer by rfer(16322) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
240 mi lead
overtake at 20mph
240/20=12 hrs or 6:00 am the next day
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