Question

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

Answer 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

Answer 2

O Shut up! Give more explanation will ya?

Answer 3

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?

Answer 4

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

Answer 5

someone said this and they said the wrong answer !?

Answer 6

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