SOLUTION: Train A leaves a station traveling at 96 kil. per hour. 2 hours later, Train B leaves the same station traveling in the same direction at 106 kil per hour. How long does it take Tr

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Question 108850: Train A leaves a station traveling at 96 kil. per hour. 2 hours later, Train B leaves the same station traveling in the same direction at 106 kil per hour. How long does it take Train B to chatch up to Train A?
Answer by checkley71(8403) About Me  (Show Source):
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DISTANCE=RATE*TIME.
SEEING AS THE DISTANCES ARE THE SAME THEN:
96T=106(T-2)
96T=106T-212
96T-106T=-212
-10T=-212
T=-212/-10
T=21.2 HOURS AFTER THE FIRST TRAIN LEAVES THEY WILL MEET.