Question
Consider the freight train in Figure below. Suppose 17 boxcars pass by in a time of 10.7 s and each has a length of 15.3 m. (a) What is the frequency at which each boxcar passes? (b) What is the speed of the train?
Answers
bobpursley
what is the time for each boxcar?
17/10.7
what is the frequency (hint 1/time)
speed= lengthboxcar*frequency
17/10.7
what is the frequency (hint 1/time)
speed= lengthboxcar*frequency