SOLUTION: The Queens Midtown Tunnel is 6414 feet long. A train that is 186 feet long is traveling at a constant rate of 40 miles per hour. Compute the number of minutes from the time that th

Question 252290: The Queens Midtown Tunnel is 6414 feet long. A train that is 186 feet long is traveling at a constant rate of 40 miles per hour. Compute the number of minutes from the time that the train enters the tunnel until it clears the tunnel.
a. 1.25 min b. 1.6 min c. 1.875 min d. 2.1 min e. 2.375 min
Answer by checkley77(12844) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
D=RT
THE DISTANCE THE TRAIN HAS TO TRAVEL IS:
6,414+186=6,600 ft.
6,600=(40*5280/60)T
6,600=(211,200/60)T
6,600=3,520T
T=6,600/3,520
T=1.875 MIN.
ANSWER C).
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