SOLUTION: pq is a tuneel. a dog sits at a distance of 5/11 of oq from p. the train's whistle coming from any end of tunnel would make the dog run. if a train approaches p and the dog runs to
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Question 1063141: pq is a tuneel. a dog sits at a distance of 5/11 of oq from p. the train's whistle coming from any end of tunnel would make the dog run. if a train approaches p and the dog runs towards p, the train would hit the dog at p. if the dog runs towards the q instead, it would hit the dog at q. find the ratio of speeds of train and dog
Answer by ikleyn(52903) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Very similar problem was solved in the lesson
- A man crossing a bridge and a train coming from behind
in this site.
Also, you have this free of charge online textbook in ALGEBRA-I in this site
- ALGEBRA-I - YOUR ONLINE TEXTBOOK.
The referred lesson is the part of this textbook under the section "Word problems", the topic "Travel and Distance problems".
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