SOLUTION: if a freight train leaves the station traveling 32 km an hour and 2 hours later, a passenger train leaves the same station traveling 52 km and hour, how long will it take for the p

SOLUTION: if a freight train leaves the station traveling 32 km an hour and 2 hours later, a passenger train leaves the same station traveling 52 km and hour, how long will it take for the p

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Question 609068: if a freight train leaves the station traveling 32 km an hour and 2 hours later, a passenger train leaves the same station traveling 52 km and hour, how long will it take for the passenger train to catch the freight train?
Answer by flame8855(424) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
v1 = 32
v2 = 52
d1 = 32t
d2 = 52(t-2)
d1=d2
32t=52(t-2)
t= 5.2 hrs
t-2 = 3.2 hrs
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