document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=349731>Question 349731</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Two railroad workers were working together in a 1.2 Km mountain tunnel when a signal light flashed indicating the approach of a train, which was traveling at 60 Km/hr. Walking east, one worker reached the east end of the tunnel in 6 minutes, as the train entered the tunnle. The other worker reached the west end of the tunnel in 6 minutes and was passed by the train .24 Km beyond the west end of the tunnel. At what rate did each worker walk? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "signal light flashed indicating the approach of a train, which was traveling at 60 Km/hr. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Walking east, one worker reached the east end of the tunnel in 6 minutes, as the<BR>\n" );
document.write( " train entered the tunnel. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "The other worker reached the west end of the tunnel in 6 minutes and was passed<BR>\n" );
document.write( " by the train .24 Km beyond the west end of the tunnel.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " At what rate did each worker walk?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let w = the speed of the westbound worker<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "After 6 min the worker was at the west end of the tunnel, and the train was<BR>\n" );
document.write( "entering the east end of the tunnel, therefore<BR>\n" );
document.write( "train traveled 1.2 + .24 = 1.44 km while the worker traveled .24 km<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A ratio equation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=w%2F60 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"w%2F60\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=.24%2F1.44 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\".24%2F1.44\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "1.44w = 60 * .24<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1.44w = 14.4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "w = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=14.4%2F1.44 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"14.4%2F1.44\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "w = 10 km/hr (the worker was running for his life, not walking)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Find the traveling speed of the eastbound worker (e)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6 min = .1 hrs<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Find the point in the tunnel they were originally.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In 6 min w covered a distance of 10 * .1 = 1 km to the west end.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "therefore the other worker's (e) only had to walk 1.2 - 1 = .2 km <BR>\n" );
document.write( "His speed:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "e = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=.2%2F.1 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\".2%2F.1\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 2 km/hr, he really was walking </SPAN>\n" );
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