SOLUTION: A train leaves Houston at midnight traveling north at 44mph. An hour later, a passenger train, going 55mph, travels north from Houston on a parallel track. How long will it take th

Question 982839: A train leaves Houston at midnight traveling north at 44mph. An hour later, a passenger train, going 55mph, travels north from Houston on a parallel track. How long will it take the passenger train to overtake the freight train?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let t be the time the second train leaves the station, the first train will already have traveled 44 miles.

Find when

In 4 hours.

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