Study suggests math teachers scrap balls and slices

Study suggests math teachers scrap balls and slices 

By Kenneth Chang, The New York Times, April 25, 2008 

One train leaves Station A at 6 p.m. traveling at 40 miles per hour toward Station B. A second train leaves Station B at 7 p.m. traveling on parallel tracks at 50 m.p.h. toward Station A. The stations are 400 miles apart. When do the trains pass each other?   

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/25/science/25math.html?em&ex=1209528000&en=10de70f5b0a8d0f8&ei=5087%0A
 


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