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A freight train leaves a station traveling 60 miles per hour. 30 minutes later, a passenger train leaves the station in the same direction on a parallel track at a speed of 72 miles per hour. How long will it take the passenger train to catch the freight train?

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it will take 2 hours and 30 minutes
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