Distance Problems (2)( Week 48 Practice) 1. The length of a train is 147 meters. It is driven at the speed of 21 meters per second. How many seconds will it take for the train to pass a 126-meter long tunnel (from entering to completely exiting from the tunnel)? 2. Emily starts out at the starting point of a trail at 6 meters per second, and 4 seconds later Rene starts out at the same point at the speed of 7 meters per second. In how many seconds will Rene catch up with Emily? 3. Steve and Jennifer start together and race their bikes around a circular trial at constant speeds. It will take Steve 6 minutes to go 1 lap, and it will take Jennifer 4 minutes for a lap. How long will it take Jennifer to be exactly 1 lap ahead of Steve (in minutes)? 4. The length of a bridge is 1305 meters. A train crossed the bridge at 350 meters per minute. It took the train 4.3 minutes to cross the bridge (from entering to completely exiting the bridge). What is the length of the train in meters? 5. Edward drove his car at 53 mph for the same number of hours as that John drove his car at 61 mph. If Edward ended up driving 40 miles less than John, how many hours did they drive? |