A man sitting on a train which is traveling at 50 km/hr observes that a goods train, traveling in the opposite direction, takes 9 seconds to pass him. If the goods train is 280 meter long, find its speed?
A man sitting on a train which is traveling at 50 km/hr observes that a goods train, traveling in the opposite direction, takes 9 seconds to pass him. If the goods train is 280 meter long, find its speed?
Solution
✅ Correct Option: 3
The man is a point, so the goods train covers its own length of 280 m in 9 s at the relative speed.
Relative speed m/s km/hr.
Moving in opposite directions, speeds add, so the goods train's speed km/hr.
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