SOLUTION: how long is a train that takes two minutes to pass a person, traveling at two miles per hour, if the train is traveling at eight miles per hour?
Question 707934: how long is a train that takes two minutes to pass a person, traveling at two miles per hour, if the train is traveling at eight miles per hour? Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! how long is a train that takes two minutes to pass a person, traveling at two miles per hour, if the train is traveling at eight miles per hour?
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Assuming the person is walking the same direction as the train is going
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Find the distance the train has traveled in hrs to pass a walking person
Convert that distance in miles to ft
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Train length = (8-2)*5280 = 1056 ft
