A passenger train, traveling at 60 miles per hour, leaves Fairfax station at 2:00 PM and heads for Springbrook, 200 miles away. At the same time, a freight train, traveling 80 miles per hour, leaves Springbrook heading for Fairfax. When will the two trains meet? Show steps
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A passenger train, traveling at 60 miles per hour, leaves Fairfax station at 2:00 PM and heads for Springbrook, 200 miles away. At the same time, a freight train, traveling 80 miles per hour, leaves Springbrook heading for Fairfax. When will the two trains meet? Show steps
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anonymous · Answer

the time taken by both the trains to travel the distances where they meet wiil be same .agree?

anonymous · Answer

agree but how do you tell/solve?

anonymous · Answer

ok take the distance traveled by the passenger train = x .
so the distance traveled by the freight train = 200-x
now can you solve? equating the time

anonymous · Answer

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