Question 168137
You left something out. Train B would have to leave some time after Train A for this to make sense.
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Train leaves a station traveling at 64 kilometers per hour. Train B leaves the
the station 4 hrs later going the  same direction at 74 kilometers per hour.
 How long does it take train b to catch up to train a?
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Let t = travel time required by B to catch up with A
then
(t+4) = travel time of A, when it's overtaken by B
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When this happens both trains will have traveled the same distance
Write a distance equation from fact (Dist = speed * time)
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B dist = A dist
74t = 64(t+4)
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74t = 64t + 256
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74t - 64t = 256
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10t = 256
t = {{{256/10}}}
t = 25.6 hrs is the travel time of Train B to catch up with A
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Check solution by ensuring they both went the same dist(Train A time = 29.6 hrs)
74 * 25.6 = 1894.4 mi
64 * 29.6 = 1894.4 mi