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#1 2014-04-02 01:38:05

Agnishom
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The Train in the fog

Darjeeling Mail travelling in fog passed a man who was on a bike travelling at 45 km/hr in the same direction. He could see the train for 4 minutes and it is visible to him upto a distance of 100m.
What was the speed of the Darjeeling Mail?

BTW, the train and Darjeeling Mail are the same thing


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#2 2014-04-02 01:42:30

ShivamS
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Re: The Train in the fog

Let x represent the speed of the train.
As I am sure you know, speed = distance / time
x-45 = (100*1/1000 km)/(4*1/60 hours) = 0.1/(1/15)
x = 15*0.1 + 45 = 46.5 km/h

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#3 2014-04-02 01:53:13

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Re: The Train in the fog

I do not think I understand the language of the problem fully...


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#4 2014-04-02 03:26:17

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Re: The Train in the fog

hi Agnishom,

How long is the Darjeeling Mail train?  Without this, I cannot determine an answer.  sad

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#5 2014-04-02 07:36:22

ShivamS
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Re: The Train in the fog

Why?

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#6 2014-04-02 08:20:29

Bob
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Re: The Train in the fog

hi ShivramS

I like your answer (perfectly reasonable method  smile ) but the information given is insufficient to avoid other interpretations.  It's a train (ie. locomotive plus coaches) and our biker should be using his rear view mirror. 

In my diagram the train is going from left to right.  The biker can first see it at position x and continues to see it until position y.  So, in 4 minutes the train has travelled 200m plus the length of the train.

If you're not meant to take account of L, then why not make it a Harley ?

Even without the rear view the distance is 100 + L .

Bob


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#7 2014-04-02 08:23:05

ShivamS
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Re: The Train in the fog

Many of these questions are not well developed. I remember one Agnishom posted a few weeks ago which had an issue as well.

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