A train left podunkand traveled north at 75 km/h. two hours later, another train

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A train left podunkand traveled north at 75 km/h. two hours later, another train leftpodunk and travled in the same direction at 100 km/h. how manyhours had the first train traveled when the second train overtookit? How do I set up this problem? A train left podunkand traveled north at 75 km/h. two hours later, another train leftpodunk and travled in the same direction at 100 km/h. how manyhours had the first train traveled when the second train overtookit? How do I set up this problem? How do I set up this problem?

Explanation / Answer

Let the travelling time of the second train be x, so the travellingtime of the first train will be (x + 2) 75(x + 2) = 100x --> 75x + 150 = 100x -->150 = 25x x = 6 Thus, the first train had travelled for 8 hours when the secondtrain overtook it.

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