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The document describes a scenario where trains leave LA and Atlanta simultaneously heading toward each other on the same track and asks when they will collide. It instructs to model the situation using buggies and to precisely predict where they will crash before actually crashing the buggies. It also asks how fast airplanes fly and instructs to figure it out using delta.com without googling the speed.
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