Question: Train A and train B are moving toward each other on parallel tracks. On train A , the locomotive blows a whistle continuously. A traveler

Train A and train B are moving toward each other on parallel tracks. On train A, the locomotive blows a whistle continuously. A traveler in train B hears a frequency of 370 Hz while approaching train A , a frequency of 256 Hz when exactly parallel with the locomotive of train A and a frequency of 213 Hz when the trains are moving away from each other.
If the speed of sound in air is 340ms, then what are the speeds of the two trains?
(This is an MCAT problem.)
Train A and train B are moving toward each other

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