Question 266146
A freight train leaves a station at 7 A.M and travels North at 40 mph. At 5 A.M, a passanger train leaves on a parallel track and travels North at 80 mph. How long will it take the passanger train to overtake the freigh train?
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Assuming this is the same day:
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The passenger train is 160 miles away, and leaving the freight train behind at 40 mph (80-40).