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by maest 1675 days ago
Indeed, doing the infinite sum is the "hard" way.

The easier way is to notice that the trains will collide in 1h and the fly will be constantly be flying at a speed of 60mph for the entire time. So the fly will travel 60 miles in the alloted time.

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It means I actually made a mistake! I understand your solution. :)
Yeah, the distance changes by a factor of 1/3 each time (which actually makes for an easier infinite sum), not 2/3.