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  1. A train travelling at the rate of 60 km per hr, while inside a tunnel, meets another train of half its length travelling at 90 km per hr.
    and passes completely in 4
    1
    seconds.
    2
    Find the length of the tunnel if the first train passes completely
    through it in 4 minutes 37
    1
    seconds.
    2
    1. 5 km
    2. 3.5 km
    3. 4.5 km
    4. 6 km
Correct Option: C

Trains are running in opposite direction.
∴  Relative speed of the two trains
= 90 + 60 = 150 km per hr.

Distance travelled in 4
1
seconds
2

with speed of 150 km per hr.
= 150 ×
5
m per sec.
18

= 150 ×
5
×
9
182

=
375
metres
2

Let the length of the first train be x metres.
Then the length of the second train be
x
metres
2

∴   x +
x
=
375
22

⇒ 
3x
=
375
22

⇒  3x = 375
⇒  x = 125 metres
Hence, the length of the first
train = 125 metres
Speed of the first train = 60 km per hr.
= 60 ×
5
m per sec.
18

=
50
m per sec.
3

Time taken by the first train to cross the tunnel = 4 minutes
and 37
1
sec.
2

= 240 +
75
sec. =
480 + 75
22

=
555
sec.
2

Speed of first train =
50
m per sec.
3

∴  Distance covered by it in
555
sec.
2

=
50
×
555
= 4625 metres
32

Hence, length of tunnel
= 4625 – 125 = 4500 metres
= 4.5 km



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