Question

which mean of railway track required between 1760 and 2000 slippers if 1 average size add trees yield 3 to 5 slippers for 3 metre wide board gauge track, calculate approximately how many trees would have to be cut to lay one mile. of track

Answer 1

Average no. of sleepers used in one mile:-
= 1760+2000/2
= 1880
Average no of sleepers obtained from one tree: 4
Approx. no. of trees have to be cut in one mile= 1880/4
= 470 trees