document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=655554>Question 655554</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please I need the answer for this!\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A Train left the station at 9 a.m. traveling at 50 mph, At 11 a.m., an airplane left the same place in the same direction at 175 mph. At what time did the plane overtake he train? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "In 2 hours, the train is 100 miles away (d = r*t = 50*2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The plane gains on the train at 75 mi/hr (175 - 100)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "==== More precisely, the speed of the plane wrt (with respect to) the train is 75 mi/hr<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "t = d/r = 100/75 = 4/3 hours = 1 hr 20 mins<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1100 + 1:20 = 12:20 PM<BR>\n" );
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