Question

A 160 m long train is travelling at a speed of 72 km/hr, find the time taken by the train to pass:
i) a telegraph post
ii) a 200m long platform

Answer 1

Answer:

3 hrs and 20min.

Step-by-step explanation:

There actually are simple... If the train is travelling at 60km/h we can say that in two hours the train has travelled 120km and in three hours 180km, so to travel 200km we know that we are just over three hours. To do the exact math we can go 200/60=3.33333333 so our answer is 3 hrs and 20min.

Answer 2

Step-by-step explanation:

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