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­Train A leaves the station at 5:00, and travels north at 50 miles per hour. If train B leaves the same station some time later, heading in the same direction as train A, at what time will train B overtake train A?

(1) Train B leaves the station at 6:00.
(2) Train A travels at 5/6 the speed of train B.


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Train A leaves the station at 5:00, and travels north at 50 miles per [#permalink] New post   Updated on: 06 Mar 2024, 12:56
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(1) Train B leaves the station at 6:00.
Okay, but what if Train B travels slower than Train A. Then B will never overtake A. So, we need the speed of B as well alongwith time to solve this question.

(2) Train A travels at 5/6 the speed of train B.
Okay, but what if Train B starts when train A reaches the destination. Then B will never overtake A. So, we need the time of B as well alongwith speed to solve this question.

Hence, we can say that we can infer from the information (C) BOTH STATEMENTS TOGETHER CAN SOLVE THE QUESTION, BUT NO STATEMENT ALONE CAN DO THAT­

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Train A leaves the station at 5:00, and travels north at 50 miles per [#permalink] New post   Updated on: 07 Mar 2024, 03:31
Train A leaves the station at 5:00, and travels north at 50 miles per hour. If train B leaves the same station some time later, heading in the same direction as train A, at what time will train B overtake train A?

(1) Train B leaves the station at 6:00. Insufficient
(2) Train A travels at 5/6 the speed of train B. Insufficient

 Both statements are together sufficient to answer the ques.

IMO the correct answer is option C

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Train A leaves the station at 5:00, and travels north at 50 miles per [#permalink] New post   06 Mar 2024, 09:59
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DhruvBadaya I think u mean C, you have written E
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Do you copy answers or what ?

how can this be E, i found the exact time 11:00:01hrs 11:00:01 hrs. when Train B will cross train A.

I scratched my head for 2hrs just by looking at ur responses, I thought I am missing something­
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Train A leaves the station at 5:00, and travels north at 50 miles per [#permalink] New post   Updated on: 06 Mar 2024, 20:16
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I try to solve the problem by using the matrix approach. Due to insufficient information provided by both statements, I was unable to solve the problem but if you feel that my answer is incorrect then please provide me some logical approach and correct me where am I wrong.

Thanks!­­­­­­­­

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Re: Train A leaves the station at 5:00, and travels north at 50 miles per [#permalink] New post   06 Mar 2024, 12:57
 
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DhruvBadaya I think u mean C, you have written E
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Do you copy answers or what ?

how can this be E, i found the exact time 11:00:01hrs 11:00:01 hrs. when Train B will cross train A.

I scratched my head for 2hrs just by looking at ur responses, I thought I am missing something­

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Thankyou for pointing out my error. I have corrected my mistake.
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Re: Train A leaves the station at 5:00, and travels north at 50 miles per [#permalink] New post   06 Mar 2024, 13:00
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poojaarora1818 wrote:
Train A leaves the station at 5:00, and travels north at 50 miles per hour. If train B leaves the same station some time later, heading in the same direction as train A, at what time will train B overtake train A?

(1) Train B leaves the station at 6:00. Insufficient
(2) Train A travels at 5/6 the speed of train B. Insufficient

Even both the statements together are insufficient to answer the ques.

IMO is E


 

­poojaarora1818 I believe the answer is C. You can solve this question using both the statements.
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Re: Train A leaves the station at 5:00, and travels north at 50 miles per [#permalink] New post   06 Mar 2024, 21:13
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poojaarora1818 wrote:
Train A leaves the station at 5:00, and travels north at 50 miles per hour. If train B leaves the same station some time later, heading in the same direction as train A, at what time will train B overtake train A?

(1) Train B leaves the station at 6:00. Insufficient
(2) Train A travels at 5/6 the speed of train B. Insufficient

Even both the statements together are insufficient to answer the ques.

IMO is E




 

­poojaarora1818 I believe the answer is C. You can solve this question using both the statements.


 

­DhruvBadaya I was confused between choice C and E. Thanks for the correction. Answer choice C seems to be the correct one.­
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Re: Train A leaves the station at 5:00, and travels north at 50 miles per [#permalink] New post   07 Mar 2024, 03:18
poojaarora1818 wrote:
DhruvBadaya wrote:
poojaarora1818 wrote:
Train A leaves the station at 5:00, and travels north at 50 miles per hour. If train B leaves the same station some time later, heading in the same direction as train A, at what time will train B overtake train A?

(1) Train B leaves the station at 6:00. Insufficient
(2) Train A travels at 5/6 the speed of train B. Insufficient

Even both the statements together are insufficient to answer the ques.

IMO is E





 

­poojaarora1818 I believe the answer is C. You can solve this question using both the statements.



 

­DhruvBadaya I was confused between choice C and E. Thanks for the correction. Answer choice C seems to be the correct one.­

­Can you change your original answer in this discussion so that people do not get confused? Thanks.
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Re: Train A leaves the station at 5:00, and travels north at 50 miles per [#permalink] New post   07 Mar 2024, 03:36
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­DhruvBadaya I was confused between choice C and E. Thanks for the correction. Answer choice C seems to be the correct one.­

­Can you change your original answer in this discussion so that people do not get confused? Thanks.

­DhruvBadaya I have made the necessary changes to my original answer. Thanks again for the correction.­­­
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