Sam takes the bus 3/5 of the distance from home to school. He then walks one block to his friends house and rides with the friend the remaining seven blocks to school. What fractional part of the trip did he ride with his friend?

Expresa commuter train leaves downtown sation and travels at a average speed of 55 miles per hour towards the north side sation, which is 50miles away. thirty minutes later, express commuter train #7 leaves north side and travels at a average speed of 35miles per hour towards downtown sation. at the moment the two trains pass each other, how far(in miles) is train #12 from the downtown sation and how long(in minutes) has the #12 train been traveling