SOLUTION: At noon, a train leaves New York for Toronto while another train leaves Toronto for New York. It takes one train 8 hours and the other 22 hours to make the trip. If both maintain

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Question 932900: At noon, a train leaves New York for Toronto while another train leaves Toronto for New York. It takes one train 8 hours and the other 22 hours to make the trip. If both maintain constant speeds and travel along parallel tracks, at what time do they pass each other?
Found 2 solutions by ptfile, MathTherapy:
Answer by ptfile(81)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
22-8 = 14
14/2 = 7
7pm
Answer by MathTherapy(10552)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

At noon, a train leaves New York for Toronto while another train leaves Toronto for New York. It takes one train 8 hours and the other 22 hours to make the trip. If both maintain constant speeds and travel along parallel tracks, at what time do they pass each other?
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