MATH STINGER #76 
by Dr. Joel C. Fowler 
Associate Professor of Mathematics 

For a new puzzle suppose that a freight train travels x times as fast as a passenger train.  The freight train takes x times as long to pass the passenger train when going in the same direction as it does when they are going in opposite directions. Find the exact value of x.

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