SOLUTION: A hiker is two-fifths of the way through a narrow tunnel and hears a train approaching at 27.625 mph. how fast must the hiker run if he can run either direction and just make it ou

Question 284372: A hiker is two-fifths of the way through a narrow tunnel and hears a train approaching at 27.625 mph. how fast must the hiker run if he can run either direction and just make it out safely?

Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Can't be solved because we don't know when/where the train was when he heard the train. Another poorly worded problem and this appears every few weeks.
We aren't even sure if the tunnel the hiker is in is the same tunnel the train goes through.

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