SOLUTION: Two trains 200 miles apart are heading towards each other on the same track. The first train is goes 50 miles per hour and the second train goes 65 miles per hour. A hummingbird

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Question 852596: Two trains 200 miles apart are heading towards each other on the same track. The first train is goes 50 miles per hour and the second train goes 65 miles per hour. A hummingbird flies starting at the first train flies 230 miles per hour towards the second train. When it gets to the second train it turns around and flies back to the first. If the hummingbird keeps going back and forth between trains, how far will it have traveled before the trains crash into each other crushing the hummingbird?
Answer by richwmiller(17219) About Me  (Show Source):
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(50+65)*x=200
115x=200
23x=40
x=40/23 hours
230*40/23=
40*10=400 miles