Question 258035
They have tried to confuse you with all the verbage. Here is a table base on the given information, but we must assume distances are equal.
TRANSPORT . . . . . . rate . . . . . . time . . . . . . distance
CAR . . . . . . . . . .55 . . . . . . . .T . . . . . . . 156
TRAIN . . . . . . . . .80 . . . . . . . .T . . . . . . . .156
Tc = car time ~ 2.8363 hours
Tt = train time ~ 1.95 assuming it doesn't stop.
However the train stops for 1/2 hr. So add that to 1.93 to get 2.45
It is easy to see that Tt < Tc by about 23 minutes
Go with the train.