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calculate the speed before they reach each other.

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Step 1.
Since both locomotives travel at the same speed, they will need the same time to reach the midpoint, which is currently 8.5/2 km from each of them.
Using the average speed equation,

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Physics: Principles with Applications
7th Edition, 2013
Giancoli
ISBN: 9780321625922

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