SOLUTION: two trains are 100 miles apart, they are headed straight for each other. train A is headed east at a rate of 10 miles per hour. train B is headed west at a rate of 15 miles per hou

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Question 342681: two trains are 100 miles apart, they are headed straight for each other. train A is headed east at a rate of 10 miles per hour. train B is headed west at a rate of 15 miles per hour. At what time will the two trains collide? how far will train A travel before colliding?
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Rate*Time=Distance
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R%5Ba%5D%2At=D%5Ba%5D
10%2At=D%5Ba%5D
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R%5Bb%5D%2At=D%5Bb%5D
15%2At=D%5Bb%5D
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D%5Ba%5D%2BD%5Bb%5D=100
10%2At%2B15%2At=100
25t=100
highlight%28t=4%29 hrs
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D%5Ba%5D=10%2At
D%5Ba%5D=10%284%29
highlight%28D%5Ba%5D=40%29 miles