SOLUTION: A train leaves a station at noon traveling north at an average speed of 30 mph.
A second train leaves the same station at 3:00 P.M. and travels south at 45 mph.
At what time
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Question 846615: A train leaves a station at noon traveling north at an average speed of 30 mph.
A second train leaves the same station at 3:00 P.M. and travels south at 45 mph.
At what time will the trains be 500 miles apart?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
where T is zero at 3:00.
Find T when D=500.
hours
1/6 hour = 10 minutes.
SInce time was zero at 3:00 PM, the trains will be 500 miles apart at 3:10AM.
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