SOLUTION:
A train departs at noon travelling at a speed of 64km/hr. A car lives the same station half an hour later to over take the train traveling on a road parallel to the track.
If th
Algebra.Com
Question 726029:
A train departs at noon travelling at a speed of 64km/hr. A car lives the same station half an hour later to over take the train traveling on a road parallel to the track.
If the cars speed is 96km/hr at what time and at what distance from the station will it over take the train?
i would realy appreciate if i am given detailed solutions because i am having a big problem with world problems
Answer by checkley79(3341) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
D=RT
D=64T FOR THE TRAIN.
D=96(T-.5)
64T=96(T-.5)
64T=96T-48
64T-96T=-48
-32T=-48
T=-48/-32
T=1.5 OR AT 1 HOUR 30 MIN. THEY WILL MEET.
D=64*1.5=96 MILES IS THE DISTANCE FROM THE STATION THEY WILL MEET.
PROOF:
96=96(1.5-.5)
96=96*1
96=96
RELATED QUESTIONS
PLEASE HELP ME PLEASE.
A train travelling at 40 kph leaves station at 7 am. An hour... (answered by richwmiller)
Train A leaves a station traveling at 25 mph. One half hour later Train B leaves the same (answered by Edwin McCravy)
A car travelling at 60m/hr left Dehradun at 3pm. One hour later another car travelling at (answered by ewatrrr)
Alice travels from the train station to the bus depot at a speed of 20 km/hr starting at... (answered by lwsshak3)
At noon, a car left a gas station and traveled north at an average of r miles per hour.... (answered by ankor@dixie-net.com)
a bus travelling at an average speed of 63km/hr left a station at 8:15a.m. a car later... (answered by josgarithmetic)
A train leaves Union Station for Central Station, 216 km away, at 9 a.m. One hour later,... (answered by josgarithmetic)
A freight train left New York City traveling north at a rate of 40 miles per hour. Two... (answered by Alan3354)
A freight train left New York City traveling north at a rate of 40 miles per hour. Two... (answered by josmiceli)