How far does the bee travel?

Question

Two train stations A and B are 120 miles apart on a straight track. A train leaves station A travelling towards B, and half an hour later a train leaves station B travelling towards A. Both trains are travelling at a constant speed of 60 mph. When the train at station A is leaving, a bee on the front of the train flies off in the direction of station B at a speed of 80 mph. When it meets the train from B it flies back towards station A, meets the train from station A, turns round and heads back towards station B until it meets the train coming the other way. The bee continues to fly to and fro like this between the two trains until they meet. How far does the bee travel before the trains meet? (Assume that the bee can make changes of direction in negligible time, and that this hypothetical bee is capable of flying at 80 mph in a straight line!)

Answer 1

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????? alwaes at same speed ????

????? for 100 miles ?????????

Comments

Yes, 100 miles is the correct answer, but how did you get it?
Bees must be able to fly in a straight line, otherwise why would we make a beeline for anything?! Oh, and that's the name of the rail track: the bee-line.
As for speed, well, yes, they only reach a maximum of 20mph, so we have a make-bee-lieve bee, or a beebot (like a drone) straight from sci-fi, or a mathematical text book, where anything goes.