A 500 yard long train, travelling at 90 mph, enters a tunnel of four and a half miles in length.
How long will elapse between the moment the front of the train enters the tunnel and the moment the end of the train clears the tunnel?
3.19 minutes
1 mile= 1760 yards, 500 yards= 500/1760 ~ 0.285 miles Tunnel + train= 4.5+0. 285= 4.785 miles Time to clear tunnel = 4.785 /90=0.053167 hr = 3.19 mins
A 400 yard long train, travelling at 30 mph, enters a one mile long tunnel.
How many seconds will elapse between the moment the front of the train enters the tunnel and the moment the end of the train clears the tunnel?
A 440 yard long train, travelling at 60 mph, enters a one mile long tunnel. How long will elapse between the moment the front of the train enters the tunnel and the moment the end of the train clears the tunnel?
A train travelling at a speed of 76 mph enters a tunnel 9/2 miles long. The train is 1/4 mile long. How long does it take for the train to pass through the tunnel from the moment the front enters to the moment the rear emerges?
A 330 yard long train, travelling at 50 mph, enters a three mile long tunnel. How long will elapse between the moment the front of the train enters the tunnel and the moment the end of the train clears the tunnel?
A 110 yard long Christmas train travels at 30 mph, through a tunnel, into Santa’s grotto. If the length of the tunnel is half a mile, how long will elapse between the moment the front of the train enters the tunnel and the moment the end of the train clears the tunnel?
