Birds and Trains!!
Train 1 and Train 2 are 100 miles apart. Train 1 is traveling at 25mph and Train 2 is traveling at 25 mph. Fal the Falcon starts to go back and forth between the trains when they start. If Fal's speed is 250 miles per hour, how far does he travel(in miles)until the trains collide?
The answer is 500.
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1 solution
Distance = Speed x Time. Here the speed is 250 mph. To find the time simply find the time until the trains collide, which is 2 5 + 2 5 1 0 0 = 2 . Now multiply 2 hours and 250 miles per hour to get 500 miles.