SOLUTION: A train travelling at 60mph enters a tunnel that is 5 miles long. The train is one mile long. How many minutes does it take for the whole train to pass through the tunnel?
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Question 524938: A train travelling at 60mph enters a tunnel that is 5 miles long. The train is one mile long. How many minutes does it take for the whole train to pass through the tunnel? Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The engine has to move 5 miles of the tunnel + 1 mile for the length of the train.
= 6 miles.
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d = r*t
t = d/r
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PS 60 mi/hr = 1 mile/minute
