SOLUTION: a car and a train pass each other at noon. the train is eastbound and its average speed is 45mph . the car is westbound and its average speed is 60mph. when will the car and train

Question 898673: a car and a train pass each other at noon. the train is eastbound and its average speed is 45mph . the car is westbound and its average speed is 60mph. when will the car and train be 14 miles apart?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You can think of the train as standing still
and the car moving at the sum of their speeds

hrs

They will be 14 mi apart in 8 min

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