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THE RAILROAD TRACK BETWEEN TOWN A AND TOWN B IS 500 MILES LONG THE BLUE TRAIN IS SCHEDULED TO LEAVE TOWN A FOR TOWN B AT 2 P.M THE RED TRAIN IS SCHEDULED TO LEAVE TOWN B FOR TOWN A AT 3 P.M BUT IS DELAYED 95 MINUTES DUE TO ENGINE PROBLEM . IF THE BLUE TRAIN TRAVELS 35 MPH AND THE RED TRAIN TRAVELS AT 50 MPH WHEN WILL THEY MEET

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  1. BLUE travels for x hours, starting at 2:00
    95 minutes = 19/12 hrs, so
    RED travels for (x-31/12) hrs, starting at 4:35

    35x + 50(x-31/12) = 500
    x ~= 7.4 hrs

    so they meet at 2:00 + 7.4 = 9:24 pm

    check:
    35km/hr for 7.4 hr = 259km
    50km/hr for 4.817 hr = 241km

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    Steve

  2. O Shut up! Give more explanation will ya?

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    anonymus

  4. Thank you SOOOO much for answering this! I always wondered what the answer to that was, since I usually read Dork Diaries, If you know what I mean... That includes Book 5. Heh. Well, now I know! Am I right?

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  5. Also, people should like that answer, because I believe that it took FOREVER to figure that out! Really looks like it too...

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    Johnna S.

  6. someone said this and they said the wrong answer !?

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  8. i heard in my class someone also said this and said the answer is 8:24

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