If a train leaves Toledo at 8am and travels east at 50mph, and a bus leaves Pittsburgh at 8:30am and travels west at 60mph, when and where will they meet?

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What is a terminator?

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In a smoke-filled bar.

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They shouldn’t meet at all. If they do it’s a problem.

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Right here?
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Also not the same altitude.

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They’ll meet in junkyard heaven in due time :blush:

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And “Never the train shall meet”

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122.7 miles East of Toledo

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The train will collide with the bus at an unmarked crossing in rural western PA and almost everyone on the bus will die and the Dutch will make a sad movie about the survivors.

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Here, I wrote it out for you

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Is this where the Woot birthday party will take place?

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I voted that I want going to figure it out a and I kept my word. I had Google’s Circle-to-Search AI solve it.

AI Overview To solve this problem, we need to know the distance between Toledo and Pittsburgh. By road, the distance is approximately 232 miles.Step 1: Establish the Distance Covered Before the Second Vehicle StartsTrain (Toledo): Starts at 8:00 AM, traveling East at 50 mph.Bus (Pittsburgh): Starts at 8:30 AM, traveling West at 60 mph.By 8:30 AM, the train has been traveling for 30 minutes (0.5 hours).(50\text{\ mph}\times 0.5\text{\ hours}=25\text{\ miles})At 8:30 AM, the distance remaining between them is:(232\text{\ miles}-25\text{\ miles}=207\text{\ miles})Step 2: Calculate the Meeting TimeSince they are traveling toward each other, their relative speed is combined:(50\text{\ mph}+60\text{\ mph}=110\text{\ mph})The time it takes to cover the remaining distance after 8:30 AM is:(207\text{\ miles}\div 110\text{\ mph}\approx 1.88\text{\ hours})(1.88\text{\ hours}\approx 1\text{\ hour\ and\ }53\text{\ minutes})Meeting Time: 8:30 AM + 1 hour 53 minutes = 10:23 AMStep 3: Calculate the Meeting LocationTo find where they meet, calculate how far the train has traveled from Toledo:Train’s total travel time: 30 mins + 1 hour 53 mins = 2 hours 23 mins ((2.38\text{ hours}))Distance from Toledo: (50\text{ mph} \times 2.38\text{ hours} \approx 119\text{ miles})They will meet approximately 119 miles east of Toledo at 10:23 AM.

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I beg to differ.

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You are incorrect, if you compare my calculations to yours, you will see your error. I don’t have time to point it out, but I’m sure you’ll find your error if you give a cursory glance. :yawning_face:

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Now… one might say they will never meet since one is a train and travels by rail and the other is a bus and is on the highway, but I suspect they will meet somewhere in the vicinity of Cleveland where the bus will stall out while crossing the tracks only to be slammed into by the train which will not have time to stop.

Isn’t math fun???

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It all depends on what the meaning of the word “meet” is