CPM Homework Help : GB8I Problem 8-13

At $3\text{:}25$ p.m., a passenger train and a freight train both left Kalamazoo, Michigan. Right now, the passenger train is $61.5$ miles west of Kalamazoo. The freight train is now $49.5$ miles east of Kalamazoo. The passenger train averages $16$ miles per hour faster than the freight train. What time is it now?

Hint:

Distance = (rate)(time)
Write a distance equation for each train.

More Help:

Remember both trains travel the same time $t$ . What do you have to do about the rates?