Two trains are 240 miles apart traveling towards each other...?

Question

Two trains are 240 miles apart traveling towards each other on parallel tracks. One travels at 35mph and the other travels at 45mph. On the front of the faster train is a bee that can fly 75 mph. The bee flies from one train to the other until the trains pass each other. When the trains pass, how far has the bee flown?

Answer 1

The combined speed of both trains is 80mph and it would take exactly 3 hours for the two trains to meet. and if the bee flies for 3 hours continuously at a speed of 75mph it would have traveled a distance of 75*3=225mph

Answer 2

None.

Neither crew has caught a daylight trip in months.

Bees don't fly at night...

Answer 3

I won't solve your algebra HW completely for you, but I'll give u a hint. You first have to figure out how long it will take the two trains to meet.  However long that is will tell you far the bee flew, because you just multiply the time, in hours, by the 75 miles per hour.

To figure out how long it takes the trains to meet isn't that hard if you paid attention in class!

Answer 4

The answer is 225 miles - but you can work out the method for yourself

Answer 5

I don't know, I was sitting in the bar drinking.

Answer 6

The dispatcher puts the first train in the siding 4 stations early so the crew can sit and use all their time swatting bees.

Poor bee didnt get very far.

Answer 7

The bee goes "splat"  ~%)~ on the windshield. And since the

bee "fly's" It hasn't  been "flown." <}:-})