SOLUTION: A passanger train going 50 miles per hour meets and passes another passanger train which is traveling in the opposite direction at exactly the same speed. A young woman riding in

Question 99579: A passanger train going 50 miles per hour meets and passes another passanger train which is traveling in the opposite direction at exactly the same speed. A young woman riding in the train looks out the window, and notes that it takes 5 seconds for the train to pass by hers.
How long is the other train?
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A passenger train going 50 miles per hour meets and passes another passenger train which is traveling in the opposite direction at exactly the same speed. A young woman riding in the train looks out the window, and notes that it takes 5 seconds for the train to pass by hers.
How long is the other train?
:
Relative speed; you can think of this as a train passing a fixed point at 100 mph
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The length of the train would be how far it will travel in 5 sec at 100 mph
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3600 sec in 1 hr
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Length of train: 100 * = 500/3600 = .139 miles or 733.33 ft

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