SOLUTION: Two trains start from the same station at the same time, but travel in opposite directions. Their hourly rates are 35 mph and 55 mph, respectively. After how many hours will the tr
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Question 586700: Two trains start from the same station at the same time, but travel in opposite directions. Their hourly rates are 35 mph and 55 mph, respectively. After how many hours will the trains be 540 miles apart?
Answer by ad_alta(240) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Distance is rate times time, so we must have (35+55)*t=540. We get t=6 hours.
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