SOLUTION: Two trains leave the station at the same time, one heading east and the other west. The eastbound train travels at 75 miles per hour. The westbound train travels at 85 miles per

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Question 1120781: Two trains leave the station at the same time, one heading east and the other west. The eastbound train travels at 75 miles per hour. The westbound train travels at 85
miles per hour. How long will it take for the two trains to be 416 miles apart?
Do not do any rounding.
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Two trains leave the station at the same time, one heading east and the other west. The eastbound train travels at 75 miles per hour. The westbound train travels at 85
miles per hour. How long will it take for the two trains to be 416 miles apart?
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The speeds are added when going in opposite directions.
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d = r*t
t = d/r