document.write( "Question 1202685:
\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 track takes 1 ½ minutes to overtake the train completely\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "(a) Given that the truck is 5 metres long determine the length of the train in metres
\n" ); 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
\n" ); document.write( "(c) The track stopped 45 minutes after overtaking the train. How long did the train take to catch up with the truck
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Maybe you mean like so:\r
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\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 track TRUCK takes 1 ½ HOURS to overtake the train completely
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\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;
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\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( "\"5000%2A%281%261%2F2%29=L%2B5\"
\n" ); document.write( "(probably the wrong interpretation in \"hour\" for \"1 ½ HOURS\"; maybe should be \"minutes\").\r
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