SOLUTION: If a train leaves Philadelphia at 7:00 pm at a rate of 120 miles per hour. How long will it take to arrive in Miami ?

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Question 1041465: If a train leaves Philadelphia at 7:00 pm at a rate of 120 miles per hour. How long will it take to arrive in Miami ?
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Depends. What is the length of the train track that connects Philadelphia to Miami? How many times will the train stop on the way, and for how long each time? And besides, you can't get further south than Washington, D.C. at speeds in excess of 110 mph.

John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it