Ron lives in San Francisco and wonders if it would be faster to take the train or his car to work. The distance from his house to his office is 3 miles, and the train station is right next to his house. The car goes across town at an average speed of 10 miles per hour including stoplights and traffic. The train goes at an average speed of 65 miles per hour but has to make 5 stops each lasting 3 minutes. Which form of transit should he use if he wants to get to fast as fast as possible?
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the mistake i made is that i rounded off the 2.8... argg annoyed
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Same mistake!
same here. haha
In reality, the car would be a little faster because he has to wait for the train to move at his station but according to maths its the train which is faster
i'm not a calculator .so i rounded up and considered as both are same
Does reaching 0.2 minutes earlier really matter? :D
Or is it we Maths lovers tend to take account these minute intervals?
the difference of 0.2 min is 12 sec, might not be enough for him to get to the train station, though close to his house, plus wait to take the train...., thus the car might still be faster.
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well, in exchange, there is the time spent, after locking the house, on leaving the garage and finding a spot to park near his job.
"... ... ...the train station is right next to his house." but the distance between office and train station is not mentioned in the problem, so i chose "There is not enough information to tell"
I will go with this solution
for car it is 18 min n for train it is 15 + 60*3/65 so train is faster
train is faster
i solved this way...
train is faster than car
same with me
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according to scientific notetion'they are not same'?
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Not sure what do you mean by according to scientific notation? There really isn't a need to use scientific notation, but if we did the values do not change so the result would be the same.
Scientific notation is just a way to notate really large or small numbers, it should not change the values unless your reduce the degree of precision by rounding.
I'm guessing, if you were calculating it in hours, then somewhere in your calculations a value got rounded.
If you may know the speed is 65m/hour which is 65/60 min.
You switched them so your answer is wrong. According to this train will take 17.77 mins and the car would 17.64 mins
I got it wrong!!
The distance to travel ( d ) = 3 miles and speed of car = 1 0 miles/hr while speed of train = 6 5 miles/hr but train takes 5 stops each for 3 minutes. We know that Time = Speed Distance . Now ---
Time taken if gone by car = ( 1 0 d ) h r = 1 0 3 hr = 1 0 × 2 6 3 × 2 6 = 2 6 0 7 8 hr
Time taken if gone by train = ( 6 5 d ) h r + ( 3 × 5 ) min = ( 6 5 3 + 6 0 1 5 ) h r = 6 5 3 + 4 1 = 2 6 0 1 2 + 6 5 = 2 6 0 7 7 hr
We clearly can see that the train takes the least time out of the two modes of transport and so the answer is The train is faster.
Distance = 3 miles Speed of car = 10 miles per hour Speed of train = 65 miles per hour
Time taken by car = Distance/Speed of car =3/10 hours 1 hour = 60 mins 3/10 hours = 3/10 x 60
Time taken by car= 18 mins
Time Taken by Train = Distance/Speed of Train + Stop Time at each station = 3/65 hours +(3 x 5)minutes 1 hour =60 mins 3/65 hours = (3/65) x 60 mins
Time Taken by Train = 180/65 +15 mins
Hence train takes less time
T i m e = S p e e d D i s t a n c e . The time taken to travel to work by car is: T i m e = 1 0 m h − 1 3 m ( 6 0 m i n h − 1 ) T i m e = 1 8 m i n
On the other hand, time taken to travel to work by train is: T i m e = 6 5 m h − 1 3 m ( 6 0 m i n h − 1 ) + 1 5 m i n T i m e ≈ 1 7 . 7 7 m i n
Therefore, the train is faster.
thats right
distance=speed*time'
car takes him to office in a time of t=(3/10)*60 minutes=18 min
train takes him to office in atime of t'=[(3/65) 60+5 3]minutes=17.76 min
so he chooses train to travel
the train runs 60 mile per hour....which mean it takes time for 3 mile is 2.72 minute+(3*5) minutes=17.72 minute for stop......but the car take 18 minute..so train is faster...
distance=3 miles Avg. speed of car =10 miles/hr time taken = distance/speed =3/10 hrs = 0.3 hrs avg speed of train =65 miles/ hr Stopping time =5*3 min=15 mins total time taken =distance/speed +stopping time =3/65 + 15/60(hours) =0.296 hrs therefore train is faster.!!!
Train and car go 3 miles. The train's velocity 65 miles per hour. So, it needs 3/65=0.046h =2.76m So, it needs total=(5*3)+2.76=17.76m
The car's velocity =10miles per hour So, it needs=3/10 hour =0.3hour =18min
infect train is more faster than the car it travels 60 divided by 65 i.e equal to 0.902 and person have to travel 3miles 3 0.902 equals to 2.7 5min to stops than 5 3=15 i.e 15+2.7=17.7 similar for car 60 /10 equals to 6and he have to travel 3 miles than 3*6=18min takes to travel by car
for car t=s/v=0.3hr=18min, for train t=s/v hr +5*3min=.046hr+15min=2.76min+15min=17.76min
speed of car is 10mile/hour so to travel 3 mile the car will take (3 60)/10=18min but the train will take (3 60)/65=2.79 min+5*3min of 5 stops }=17.79
Since t=d/s, t for the car should be 3mi/10 mi/h=0.3 h and t for the train should be 3 mi/65 mi/h=3/65 h + 15/60 h =0.197 hence, the train is faster
but the train will take him to the station, while the car will directly take him to his office. So car is better transit
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(I rounded most of my answers, factors etc.) 1) Car...10 miles divided by 3 = 3miles (distance) Now I do the same operation for the time 1 hour divided by 3 = 20 min. (Time it would take to go by car for 3 miles) 2) Train...65 miles divided by aprx. 20= 3 miles Now I do the same operation with the time 1 hour divided by aprx. 20 = 3 min. 3)Compare....3 miles/20 min. of car vs 3 miles/18 minutes of train ( Although the train stops only every 13 minutes and the person would have already gotten off before then, if we add the 15 minutes taken in total of all the stops, the 3/18 still beats 3/20) Therefore the train is faster.
Train goes 65 miles per 1 hr or about 65 miles per 60 min,and Stops, 5x3 = 15 min for the stops so it will take 0.9333 min for one mile and about 2.8 min to travel 3 miles and 15 min of stop Total time for the train is about 17.8 min.
Car travels at 10 miles per 1 hr or 6 min for 1 mile and car would take the car 18 min to travel 3 miles.
So the train is faster.
train travels in 3miles 60min/65miles=2.77 5 3+2.77=17.77min and car travels in 3miles*60min/10miles=18min, so the train is faster
car: t = v/d = 3/10 = 0.3 hr x 60 mins = 18 mins
train: t = v/d = 3/65 = 0.046 hr x 60 mins = 2.76 mins + (3 mins stop x 5 stops) = 17.76 mins
train is faster.
as the speed of the car = 10miles/h(60 min) so it takes 6 minutes to cover one mile ,so it takes 18 minutes to cover 3 miles and as the train has speed 65 miles / h so it takes 0.923 minutes to cover one mile and take 2.769 minutes to cover 3 miles and since it has to stop 5 times for 3 minutes(15 minutes) so it take 17.9 minutes and because of that the train is faster
let d be the distance(3 Mile), t1 be the time needed for train and t2 be the time needed for car, u1 be the speed of train and u2 ,speed of car
for train, T1 = t1 + (15/60) hours where t1 = d / u1 so, T1 = 0.29 hour for Car , T2 = d/u2
so T2 = 0.3 hour as T1<T2. ans is T1
In Calculation Train is faster , but in Actually Car is faster because Distant from Station to Home Asn Similarly station to Office And purcahsing Of tickets wait for Train .then Car is Home To Office directly . There Is Time Saving to Go in car
You are right but these are neglected
V(speed) =d(distance) /t(time) t=d/v Vcar =10m/h. Vtrain=65m/h. d=3 miles t(car) =3/10=0.3 hour t(train) =3/65=0.04615 hour + 0.25 =0.029615 hour.. Which is less than the time the car takes the0.25 hour we added to the train time is the. Time the train takes in stations.. (3 5=15 minutes) = 0.25 hour..
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Train goes 65 miles per 1 hr or about 65 miles per 60 min , so it will take the train about 2.8 min to travel 3 miles, plus 5*3 = 15 min for the stops. Total time for the train is about 17.8 min .
3 miles ⋅ 6 5 miles 6 0 min ≈ 2 . 8 min 1 5 + 2 . 8 = 1 7 . 8 min
Car travels at 10 miles per 1 hr or 10 miles per 60 min . It would take the car 18 min to travel 3 miles.
3 miles ⋅ 1 0 miles 6 0 min = 1 8 min
So the train is faster.