Question

Atrain leaves a station and travels north at 50 kmh Four hours later a second train leaves on a paralel track and travels north at 90 km hr How far from the station will they meet?

To fa c e yourself with the problem complete the following chart
DISTANCE
RATE
TIME
EQUATION
SLOW TRAIN
FAST TRAIN

Answer 1

Explanation:

50 X 4= 200

90 X 5=450

50 X 5=250

200 + 250 = 450

Therefore it takes 5 hours for train B which is the train moving at 90 km per hr to catch up to train A.