Bird & Trains: Calculating Distance & Speed

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The discussion centers on a mathematical problem involving two trains traveling towards each other at 34 km/h and a bird flying at 58 km/h. The trains start 102 km apart, and the challenge is to determine how many trips the bird can make between the trains before they collide and the total distance the bird travels. The solution involves calculating the time until the trains meet and using the bird's speed to find the total distance covered during that time.

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Two trains, each having a speed of 34 km/h, are headed at each other on the same track. A bird that can fly 58 km/h flies off the front of one train when they are 102 km apart and heads directly for the other train. On reaching the other train it flies directly back to the first train, and so forth.

(a) How many trips can the bird make from one train to the other before they crash?

(b) what is the total distance traveled by the bird?

this is the image that i make...

http://www.soulroph.somee.com/trains[/URL] and bird.bmp[/PLAIN]

please help me to solve this kind of problem...

Thanks...
 
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