SOLUTION: A train 180m long travels through a station at 60km/h. Find how many seconds it takes for the train to pass a person who is standing on the station platform.

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Question 1205397: A train 180m long travels through a station at 60km/h.
Find how many seconds it takes for the train to pass a person who is standing on the station platform.

Answer by ikleyn(52855) About Me  (Show Source):
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A train 180m long travels through a station at 60km/h.
Find how many seconds it takes for the train to pass a person who is standing on the station platform.
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It is the same as to ask how many seconds it takes for the train to move 180 meters forward.


The speed of 60 km/h is the same as 1 km/minute, so it will take 0.180 of a minute for the train
to move 180 meters = 0.18 kilometers forward.


To find the time in seconds, multiply 0.180 of a minute by 60 seconds.


Doing this way, you will get the ANSWER: the necessary time is 0.18*60 = 10.8 seconds.

Solved.