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document.write( "A passenger train travelling at 25km/hr is moving in the same direction as the truck travelling at 30km/hr. the railway line runs parallel to the road and the track takes 1 ½ minutes to overtake the train completely\r
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document.write( "(a) Given that the truck is 5 metres long determine the length of the train in metres
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document.write( "(b) The track and the train continue moving parallel to each other at the original speeds. Calculate the distance between them after 4 minutes and 4 seconds after the track overtake the train
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document.write( "(c) The track stopped 45 minutes after overtaking the train. How long did the train take to catch up with the truck \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #837691 by josgarithmetic(39620)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! ??\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Maybe you mean like so:\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "---------------------------------------------------------- \n" ); document.write( "A passenger train travelling at 25km/hr is moving in the same direction as the truck travelling at 30km/hr. the railway line runs parallel to the road and the \n" ); document.write( "(a) Given that the truck is 5 metres long determine the length of the train in metres \n" ); document.write( "------------------------------------------------------------\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "L, unknown length of the train\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "speed of truck along the train, 30-25=5 kilometers per hour; \n" ); document.write( "which is 5000 meters per hour.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The front end of the truck must travel to cover L+5 meters.\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "(probably the wrong interpretation in \"hour\" for \"1 ½ HOURS\"; maybe should be \"minutes\").\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( ".\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( " |