At 8:00 A.M., a train leaves a station and travels at a rate of 48 mph. At 9:00 A.M., a second train leaves the same station on the same track and travels in the direction of the first train at a speed of 65 mph. At 10:00 A.M., how far apart are the two trains?
+15001 At 8:00 A.M., a train leaves a station and travels at a rate of 48 mph. At 9:00 A.M., a second train leaves the same station on the same track and travels in the direction of the first train at a speed of 65 mph. At 10:00 A.M., how far apart are the two trains?
The second train goes thirty-one miles behind the first train.
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+37159 First train travels at 48 mph from 8 to 10 am = 2 hours * 48 m/r = 96 miles
second train travels for 1 hour at 65 m/hr = 65 miles
96 - 65 = 31 miles apart at 10 AM
