Distance Problems (2)( Week 48 Practice) 1. The length of a train is 224 meters. It is driven at the speed of 28 meters per second. How many seconds will it take for the train to pass a 196-meter long tunnel (from entering to completely exiting from the tunnel)? 2. Emily starts out at the starting point of a trail at 4 meters per second, and 2 seconds later Tom starts out at the same point at the speed of 5 meters per second. In how many seconds will Tom catch up with Emily? 3. David and Niconia start together and race their bikes around a circular trial at constant speeds. It will take David 6 minutes to go 1 lap, and it will take Niconia 4 minutes for a lap. How long will it take Niconia to be exactly 1 lap ahead of David (in minutes)? 4. The length of a bridge is 1570 meters. A train crossed the bridge at 450 meters per minute. It took the train 4.6 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 50 mph for the same number of hours as that John drove his car at 41 mph. If Edward ended up driving 45 miles more than John, how many hours did they drive? |