Distance Problems (2)( Week 48 Practice) 1. The length of a train is 135 meters. It is driven at the speed of 27 meters per second. How many seconds will it take for the train to pass a 513-meter long tunnel (from entering to completely exiting from the tunnel)? 2. Nancy starts out at the starting point of a trail at 4 meters per second, and 6 seconds later John starts out at the same point at the speed of 6 meters per second. In how many seconds will John catch up with Nancy? 3. Ed and Anne start together and race their bikes around a circular trial at constant speeds. It will take Ed 6 minutes to go 1 lap, and it will take Anne 4 minutes for a lap. How long will it take Anne to be exactly 1 lap ahead of Ed (in minutes)? 4. The length of a bridge is 2120 meters. A train crossed the bridge at 450 meters per minute. It took the train 5.6 minutes to cross the bridge (from entering to completely exiting the bridge). What is the length of the train in meters? 5. Eric drove his car at 55 mph for the same number of hours as that Richard drove his car at 65 mph. If Eric ended up driving 70 miles less than Richard, how many hours did they drive? |