SOLUTION: A train traveling 88 feet per second takes three seconds to enter a tunnel and another thirty seconds to pass completely through it. What is the lenghth of the train? Thankyou!!

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Question 825890: A train traveling 88 feet per second takes three seconds to enter a tunnel and another thirty seconds to pass completely through it. What is the lenghth of the train?
Thankyou!!!
I simply multiplied 88 by 3 and got 264!!! Is that right?

Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The way I read it, +88%2A3+=+264+ is
the length of the tunnel because 3 sec
is the time to go from entrance to exit
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The whole train takes +3+%2B+30+=+33+
sec to get all the way through
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+33+ sec is +33%2F3+=+11+ times
the length of the tunnel
If +x+ is the length of the train,
+x+=+11%2A264+
+x+=+2904+
The train is 2,904 ft long
You might want a 2nd opinion, but this
is how I see it