A problem by Digi Verse
A Classic math problem, with a few tweaks to the numbers: Two trains are running towards each other, one at 46 mph and the other at 34 mph. When they are 280 miles apart when one of the trains release a mad bee, which travels at 68 mph. The bee will travel go to the other train, then back, over and over again until the trains magically stop right before collision. What distance will the mad bee have traveled before the trains meet?
The answer is 238.
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1 solution
The trains are 280 miles apart, and they are traveling towards each other at 46 and 34 mph, meaning that every hour, they have 80 miles less between them. They will have 7/2 hours before collision. The bee is traveling at 68 miles per hour. Therefore, it will move 68*7/2 miles before collision, getting 238 miles per hour.