document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=187052>Question 187052</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Can you tell me how long it would take a locomotive traveling 3.53 miles per hour to travel 15 feet?  20 feet?  30 feet?   Or, perhaps at least the formula for determining this sort of thing?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Many thanks!!! </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "In your case, the speed is given in mph and the distance are given in feet. So you need to fix that up<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3.53mph = 3.53*5280 = 18638.4 feet/hour<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So for 15 feet<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=0.000805+=+t+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"0.000805+=+t+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > but that is in hours. So convert to seconds<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=0.000805+%2A+60+%2A+60+=+tInSeconds ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"0.000805+%2A+60+%2A+60+=+tInSeconds\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2.897 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2.897\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > seconds </SPAN>\n" );
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