document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=277678>Question 277678</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Two trains are traveling towards each other on separate, parallel tracks.  Each train is traveling at a constant rate of 60 miles per hour and each train is 1/6 of a mile long.  How much time will elapse between the moment when the engines pass each other and the cabooses pass each other? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Since the trains are travelling in opposite direction their effective speed will be 120 miles per hour.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "they are 1/6 mile long\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "both trains are 2/6 miles long.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If the have to completely cross eache other they have to be 2/6 miles away.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "distance = 2/6\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "speed = 120 mph\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "time = distance/rate\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2/6 /  120\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2/ 6*120\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2/720 =0.00278 hours\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "0.00278 * 3600  1hour = 3600  seconds\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "= 10 seconds </SPAN>\n" );
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