document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=358071>Question 358071</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> can someone please help with this brain teaser: Two freight trains are traveling in the same direction on parallel tracks, one at 60mph and the other at 40mph. If each train is a 1/2 mile long, then how long does it take for the faster train to pass the slower train? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "If you mean from the time the faster train's front is even with the rear of the slower train, until the fronts and backs are reversed, then:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The relative speed is 20 mph (60 - 40)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The total distance is 1 mile, from the fast train being even with the rear of the slow train to vice versa<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1 mile/20 mph = 1/20 hour = 3 minutes.<BR>\n" );
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