SOLUTION: Two trains leave stations 560 miles apart at the same time and travel toward each other. One train travels at 110 miles per hour while the other travels at 90 miles per hour. How l
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Question 850418: Two trains leave stations 560 miles apart at the same time and travel toward each other. One train travels at 110 miles per hour while the other travels at 90 miles per hour. How long will it take for the two trains to meet? Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Think of one of the trains as standing still and
the other one moving at the sum of their speeds
Let = time in hrs for them to meet
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Convert hrs to minutes
It will take 2 hrs and 48 min for them to meet
check:
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and mi
and
as it should -OK
