SOLUTION: Christ is on a train. He sees a truck that is going parallel road in the opposite direction and passes his window in 6 sec. since his first sight. Later on, he sees the train passi
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Question 618825: Christ is on a train. He sees a truck that is going parallel road in the opposite direction and passes his window in 6 sec. since his first sight. Later on, he sees the train passing through a bridge of 180ft in 12 secs. If the length of the truck is 168ft, what is the speed of the truck in mph? Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Christ is on a train. He sees a truck that is going parallel road in the opposite direction and passes his window in 6 sec. since his first sight. Later on, he sees the train passing through a bridge of 180ft in 12 secs. If the length of the truck is 168ft, what is the speed of the truck in mph?
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The train's speed wrt the Earth is 180/12 = 15 ft/sec
The train's speed wrt the truck is 168/6 = 28 ft/sec
The truck's speed wrt to Earth = 13 ft/sec
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