SOLUTION: A train leaves Little​ Rock, Arkansas, and travels north at 60 kilometers per hour. Another train leaves at the same time and travels south at 65 kilometers per hour. How lon

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Question 1087844: A train leaves Little​ Rock, Arkansas, and travels north at 60 kilometers per hour. Another train leaves at the same time and travels south at 65 kilometers per hour. How long will it take before they are 375kilometers​ apart?

It will take ----- hours.?
Answer by ikleyn(52829) About Me  (Show Source):
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It will take 375%2F%2860%2B65%29 = 3 hours.


Time = Distance%2FRate.


60 + 65 in the denominator is the rate, at which the distance is increased between the two trains.


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