Since the train takes 2 hours longer to go an equal distance as the car, to reach station B, the train took 4.5+2 = 6.5 hours.

Together, the train and the car take a total of 6.5+4.5 = <<6.5+4.5=11>>11 hours to travel from station A to station B.

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A train takes 2 hours longer to go an equal distance of a car. If the car and the train leave station A at the same time, and the car reaches station B 4.5 hours later, calculate the combined time the car and the train take to reach station B.
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A train takes 2 hours longer to go an equal distance of a car. If the car and the train leave station A at the same time, and the car reaches station B 4.5 hours later, calculate the combined time the car and the train take to reach station B.
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