Question

Train A leaves the station traveling east at 50 mph while train B leaves the station 30 minutes later traveling west at 65 mph. Choose the equation below that represents the distance in miles between the two trains, D, as a function of T, the time in hours after train B has departed.

Answer 1

Change 45 min to .75 hrs

Distance = speed * time

Train A's distance = 55(t+.75)

Train B's distance = 70t

The equation

D(t) = 70t + 55(t+.75)