document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=911487>Question 911487</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> .  Two trains are travelling towards each other from 200 miles apart on the same track: Train A travels at 30 miles per hour, Train B travels at 70 miles per hour. At the same time, a robotic bee buzzes back and forth between the trains at a speed of 150 miles per hour. How far will the bee travel, in total, before the trains collide </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Two trains are travelling towards each other from 200 miles apart<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Train A travels at 30 miles per hour, <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Train B travels at 70 miles per hour.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "travelling towards each other so combined speed = 70+30 = 100 mph<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "t=d/r<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Time taken by trains to meet = 200/100 = 2 hours\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a robotic bee buzzes back and forth between the trains at a speed of 150 miles per hour.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "D= r*t\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "= 150*2 = 300 miles\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " the bee will travel 300 miles , before the trains collide </SPAN>\n" );
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