SOLUTION: A train is travelling at the speed of 96 kilometres per hour. It takes 3 seconds to enter a tunnel and 30 seconds more to pass through it completely. What is the length of the trai

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Question 889443: A train is travelling at the speed of 96 kilometres per hour. It takes 3 seconds to enter a tunnel and 30 seconds more to pass through it completely. What is the length of the train and the tunnel."
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A train is travelling at the speed of 96 kilometres per hour.
It takes 3 seconds to enter a tunnel and 30 seconds more to pass through it completely.
What is the length of the train and the tunnel."
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Find how long the train is, taking 3 sec to enter the tunnel
Change 96 km to m/sec
96000%2F3600 * 3 = 80 meters long
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Find the length of the tunnel
96000%2F3600 * 33 = 880 meters long