SOLUTION: if a train left the station heading north at 50 mph and a train left a station heading south at 30mph at what point would they intersect and how many miles further would train A be

Question 620733: if a train left the station heading north at 50 mph and a train left a station heading south at 30mph at what point would they intersect and how many miles further would train A be rather than B
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Say they are miles apart
Let the time for them to meet =
They approach each other at the sum of their speeds

For the 50 mi/hr train:
It's distance is
For the 30 mi/hr train:
It's distance is

The 50 mi/hr train goes 1/4 of the distance between them further
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