SOLUTION: A train leaves bridgewater, heading north, at 6 a.m. at 40 mph. Anotherr train leaves bridgewater, heading north, on a parallel track at 7 a.m. at 50mph. What time will it be when

Question 788660: A train leaves bridgewater, heading north, at 6 a.m. at 40 mph. Anotherr train leaves bridgewater, heading north, on a parallel track at 7 a.m. at 50mph. What time will it be when the two trains are the same distance away from bridgewater?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
6AM train travels for 1+h hours.
7AM train travels for h hours.

After how much time h, are their distances the same?
, which is using rate*time to form expressions for the distance.

hours.
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