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2 trains left the stain at the same time 1 going south @ 50mph another1 @40mph. in 3 hrs how long is their distance??
 Sep 19, 2013
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Two train going 40 and 50 mph for 3 hours.

One train goes 3*40 = 120 miles, while the other train goes 3*50 = 150 miles.

If they go in the same direction. One train will be behind the other by 150-120 = 30 miles.
If they go in opposite directions. They will be 120+150 = 270 miles apart.
If one goes south and the other goes east or west, we new to use the Pythagorean Theorem
square root ( 120^2 + 150^2) = 192.094
 Sep 21, 2013

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