SOLUTION: A passenger train travelled at a speed of 72 km/h. A man on the passenger train observed a goods train travelling at a speed of 54 km/h in the opposite direction. If the goods trai
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Question 988584: A passenger train travelled at a speed of 72 km/h. A man on the passenger train observed a goods train travelling at a speed of 54 km/h in the opposite direction. If the goods train passed him in 8 seconds, find the length of the good train. (Hint : Model the problem and draw a diagram). I have solved it and the length of the goods train is 280m,is it possible to find the length of the passenger train.
, Answer by josgarithmetic(39616) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! No. The description was enough to find the length of the goods train. That is the way the description and question were designed. The whole goods train from front end to back end passed the one passenger in 8 seconds. No information given about the passenger train passing any reference location on the goods train.
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