SOLUTION: a train traveling at 40 moh leaves a certain town. One hour later, a bus traveling at 50 mph leaves for the same town and arrives at the same time as the train. If both the train a
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Question 284368: a train traveling at 40 moh leaves a certain town. One hour later, a bus traveling at 50 mph leaves for the same town and arrives at the same time as the train. If both the train and the bus traveled in a straight line, how far is the town from where they started? Answer by brucewill(101) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let x = Hours the train travels
Thefore, x-1 = Hours the bus travels.
Since the distances are the same, equate the two sets of hours.
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Proof:
The train travels 5 hours * 40 MPH = 200 miles
the bus travels 4 hours * 50 MPH = 200 miles.
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