SOLUTION: Two trains on the same track are traveling 120 miles apart at 60 miles per hour toward each other. At this moment a bee flying 80 miles per hour flies from the front of one of the
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Question 802668: Two trains on the same track are traveling 120 miles apart at 60 miles per hour toward each other. At this moment a bee flying 80 miles per hour flies from the front of one of the trains to the front of the other train. How far does the bee travel before the trains collide?
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Two trains on the same track are traveling 120 miles apart at 60 miles per hour toward each other.
At this moment a bee flying 80 miles per hour flies from the front of one of the trains to the front of the other train.
How far does the bee travel before the trains collide?
:
Find the time for the trains to collide; write a dist equation dist = speed * time
60t + 60t = 120
t = 120/120
t = 1 hr
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The bee flies for 1 hr at 80 mph, therefore it travels 80 miles
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