SOLUTION: two trains travel in the same direction on parallel tracks. train A starts out 50 kilometers ahead of train B. train A travels 90 kilometers per hour and train B travels 100 kilome

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Question 396790: two trains travel in the same direction on parallel tracks. train A starts out 50 kilometers ahead of train B. train A travels 90 kilometers per hour and train B travels 100 kilometers per hour. In how many hours will the trains be in the same place?
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B is traveling 10 km/hr faster than A. B has to cover 50 km at 10km/hr because the other 90 km/hour of B's speed is being used up keeping up with A.


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