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Two trains, and , are miles apart. At time , the two trains start heading towards each other, with train going miles per hour and train going miles per hour.
At the same time, an unusually fast hummingbird starts moving at miles per hour from train towards train . Once it reaches train , it will instantly turn around and move back towards train , then turn around once it reaches , etc; all the while still moving at miles per hour until the trains pass each other.
How many miles does the hummingbird travel by the time the trains pass?