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Train Collision Time Calculation

Train from Wokeville:

- Leaves at 5:00 AM.

- Travels at 60 miles per hour.

Train from DEIBurgh:

- Leaves at 7:00 AM.

- Travels at 70 miles per hour.

Distance between Wokeville and DEIBurgh: 455 miles.

The train from Wokeville has a 2-hour head start:

- Distance covered by Wokeville train in 2 hours: 60 miles/hour * 2 hours = 120 miles.

- Remaining distance to cover: 455 miles - 120 miles = 335 miles.

Relative speed of the two trains:

- 60 miles/hour + 70 miles/hour = 130 miles/hour.

Time to cover the remaining distance:

- 335 miles / 130 miles/hour = 2.57692307692 hours.

- Converted to hours and minutes: approximately 2 hours and 34.61 minutes.

Time of collision:

- 7:00 AM + 2 hours and 34.61 minutes = 9:34:37 AM (rounded to the nearest second).


30 posted on 01/10/2025 4:37:25 PM PST by jroehl (And how we burned in the camps later - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn - The Gulag Archipelago)
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To: jroehl

Yep. 455 - 120 = 335, not 325.


31 posted on 01/11/2025 7:49:06 AM PST by The Truth Will Make You Free ( )
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