Solve: Equating the Distance
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Trains A and B are traveling in the same direction on parallel tracks. Train A is traveling at 100 miles per hour and train B is traveling at 120 miles per hour. Train A passes a station at 9:10 am. If train B passes the same station at 9:25 am, at what time will train B catch up to train A?
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In about 160 words, this solution simply outlines how to equate the catch-up distance through the use of the speed and time variables given. All calculations are provided.
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Let us say that train B will catch up to train A after t hours since it passes the same station at 9:25 am.
Catching up means that both trains have traveled the same distance ...
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