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A man is standing on a railway bridge which is 180m long. He finds that a train crosses the bridge in 20seconds but himself in 8 seconds. Find the length of the train and its speed.
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- length of train=120m
Speed of train=54kmph
Explanation;
Asume L is the length of the train and S is the Speed
Speed of the train will be S = (180+L)/20
Assuming that S is constant, and knowing that the train takes 8 sec to pass a single point (the man), then:
S = L / 8
We now have two different ways of deriving S, both of which use L. So we can say that
(180 + L) / 20 = L / 8. Solving this L is 120. Substitute this in any one of the equation S will 45kmph
- 13 years agoHelpfull: Yes(7) No(3)
- Let the length of the train be x meters Then, the train covers x meters in 8 seconds and (x + 180) meters in 20 seconds. Therefore x/8 = (x+180)/20 20x = 8(x+180) x = 120 Therefore Length of the train = 120m Speed of the train = 120/8 m/sec = 15 m/sec =15 * 18/5 kmph = 54kmph
ans: 120m and 54km/h - 10 years agoHelpfull: Yes(0) No(0)
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