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Question 857654: Train one leaves from station A towards station B at a speed of 50 km/hr . Train two also leaves from station A towards station B 6 hr after train one leaves. Train two travels at a speed of 125 km /hr .for how many hours does train one travel before it is overtaken by train two . Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Train 1 has traveled for 6 hours at 50 kph and has gone 300 km.
Train 2 will go 75 kph faster than train 1
Train 2 will take 4 hours to catch up.
6*50=300
125-50=75
75x=300
x=4
