SOLUTION: A freight train left New York City traveling north at a rate of 40 miles per hour. Two hours later, a passenger train left the same station traveling north over the same route at t
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Question 199102: A freight train left New York City traveling north at a rate of 40 miles per hour. Two hours later, a passenger train left the same station traveling north over the same route at the rate of 60 miles per hour. How many hours did it take the passenger train to overtake the freight train? (Only an algebraic solution will be accepted.) Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A freight train left New York City traveling north at a rate of 40 miles per hour. Two hours later, a passenger train left the same station traveling north over the same route at the rate of 60 miles per hour. How many hours did it take the passenger train to overtake the freight train? (Only an algebraic solution will be accepted.)
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The freight is 80 miles out when the passenger train leaves.
The pax train is gaining on the F train at 20 mph.
80/20 = 4 hours.
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What non-algebraic solutions are there? Get trains and run them?
