How fast is a freight train travelling?

A freight train leaves a station with a speed of 30 mph. A passenger train leaves 1 hour later traveling at 50?

  • A freight train leaves a station with a speed of 30 mph. A passenger train leaves 1 hour later traveling at 50 kph. At what time will the passenger train overtake the freight train.

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    Seriously people do your own homework. It's not that difficult if you use the thing in between your ears. By the way nice one PennyLeeD2! LOL

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What time did the freight train depart? Unless we know, we cant tell you the time when the second train will overtake the first one.

Rango

If you do your own homework you might actually learn something.

Andy

Ooh, that'll take a while. 30 mph = 48.27 kph. So, basically, what you're asking is: 48.27 + 48.27t = 50t 48.27 = 50t - 48.27t 48.27 = 1.73t t = ~27.9 hours

Zarn

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