SOLUTION: a passenger in a train found that the train takes 15 seconds to cross a platform.The speed of the train is 60 km/hr ,what is the length of the train?

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Question 893039: a passenger in a train found that the train takes 15 seconds to cross a platform.The speed of the train is 60 km/hr ,what is the length of the train?
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a passenger in a train found that the train takes 15 seconds to cross a platform.The speed of the train is 60 km/hr ,what is the length of the train?
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Find how meter/sec is 60 km/h; multiply by 15 sec
%2860%2A1000%29%2F3600 * 15 = 250 meters