SOLUTION: A freight train left a station at 12 noon,going north at a rate of 50 miles per hour.At 1:00 p.m a passenger train left the same station,going south at a rate of 60 miles per hour.
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Question 473505: A freight train left a station at 12 noon,going north at a rate of 50 miles per hour.At 1:00 p.m a passenger train left the same station,going south at a rate of 60 miles per hour.At what time were the trains 380 miles apart?
(A)3:00 P.M
(B)4:00 P.M
(C)4:30 P.M
(D)5:00 P.M
(E)5:30 P.M
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Answer by jorel1380(3719) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
380-50=110n
330=110n
n=3
so, 4 p.m..
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