SOLUTION: A 500 yard long train, travelling at 90 mph, enters a three mile long tunnel. How many seconds will elapse between the movement the front of the train enters the tunnel and the mo
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Question 757518: A 500 yard long train, travelling at 90 mph, enters a three mile long tunnel. How many seconds will elapse between the movement the front of the train enters the tunnel and the moment the end of the train clears the tunnel?
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A 500 yard long train, travelling at 90 mph, enters a three mile
long tunnel.
How many seconds will elapse between the movement the front of the
train enters the tunnel and the moment the end of the train clears
the tunnel?
:
Convert 500 yds to miles: = .284 mi
:
* 3600 = 131.36 seconds
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