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The question is:

Two trains start at point A and B and travel towards each other at a speed of $50$km/hr and $60$Km/hr respectively. At the time of meeting the second train has traveled $120$ km more than the first train. Now the distance between them is:

Now I did manage to solve it with a little help and its like this:

First Train starting from $A$:

$t = x/50$

Second Train starting from $B$:

$t = (120+x) / 60$

Comparing $A$ and $B$ we get $x$ and then using the value of $x$ we can calculate the total distance between them which is $1320$.

My question is why are we comparing $A$ and $B$. The only reason we would compare them is if they were equal. I don't understand how time could be equal when the two trains meet. I would appreciate it if someone could kindly clarify this concept.

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It is important that both the trains start at the same time instant. Hence, when they meet, both trains would have taken the same time.