document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=387537>Question 387537</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Two trains are traveling in 60 kmph on same trace, towards each other. When the distance between them is  18 km, a fly is going to start, flying between them in 80 kmph speed. Find the traveling path distance of the  fly up to when it is going to crush by the 2 trains? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #273973 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josmiceli><B>josmiceli(19441)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josmiceli><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=josmiceli><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=273973\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> You can think of the situation as 1 of the trains being<BR>\n" );
document.write( "stationary and the other moving towards it at the sum of their<BR>\n" );
document.write( "speeds, or <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=60+%2B+60+=+120 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"60+%2B+60+=+120\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > km/hr<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The fly leaps off the stationary one at <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=80 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"80\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > km/hr. Now <BR>\n" );
document.write( "think of the fly as being stationary, and the other train<BR>\n" );
document.write( "coming towards it at the sum of their speeds, <BR>\n" );
document.write( "or <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=120+%2B+80+=+200 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"120+%2B+80+=+200\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > km/hr. At that speed, the fly and the train<BR>\n" );
document.write( "will meet in <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=18%2F200+=+.09 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"18%2F200+=+.09\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > hr or <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=5.4 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"5.4\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > min<BR>\n" );
document.write( "But the trains will meet in <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=18%2F120+=+.15 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"18%2F120+=+.15\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > hr or <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=9 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"9\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > min<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So, the fly gets to travel for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=.15+-+.09+=+.06 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\".15+-+.09+=+.06\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > hr at <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=120 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"120\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "km/hr and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=120%2A.06+=+8.2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"120%2A.06+=+8.2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > km<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I get <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=18+%2B+8.2+=+26.2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"18+%2B+8.2+=+26.2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > km as the distance the fly travels<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I am unsure of this. I may only be half right. Check another source.<BR>\n" );
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