Number Puzzler

[sunnysweeney]

yeah those are easy....just wait till you get something like this in school:::::


Train a was coming from ny, train b was coming from cali. Train b was going 25mph while train a was going 42mph. both were going to tx. witch train got to tx first?

[Rackat]

Originally Posted by sunnysweeney

yeah those are easy....just wait till you get something like this in school:::::


Train a was coming from ny, train b was coming from cali. Train b was going 25mph while train a was going 42mph. both were going to tx. witch train got to tx first?

Student to teacher on answer sheet:

"It was awful! Train "A" hit a big rig that was stalled on the tracks. Train "B" was derailed in Arizona by a bridge that was washed out in a flash flood. Thankfully the conductors were ok, but those trains never made it to Texas."

[sunnysweeney]

Originally Posted by Rackat

Student to teacher on answer sheet:

"It was awful! Train "A" hit a big rig that was stalled on the tracks. Train "B" was derailed in Arizona by a bridge that was washed out in a flash flood. Thankfully the conductors were ok, but those trains never made it to Texas."

lol

[CrimsonRabbit]

Originally Posted by sunnysweeney

Train a was coming from ny, train b was coming from cali. Train b was going 25mph while train a was going 42mph. both were going to tx. witch train got to tx first?

Train A: New York --> Texas
Train B: California --> Texas

Train A: 1775miles @ 42mph = 1 day, 18 hrs, 18 min
Train B: 1485miles @ 25mph = 2 days, 11 hrs, 24 min

TRAIN A (from New York) would get there first.

I am curious as to why a train would only be traveling 25 mph on a cross-country journey though.

note: This is considering trains left center of state and parralleled major highways. If the trains didn't stop, they would collide with each other 12 miles west of Pecos, Texas along Highway 20 near the intersection with Highway 10.

Yay math!