2013 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 7
Problem
Trey and his mom stopped at a railroad crossing to let a train pass. As the train began to pass, Trey counted 6 cars in the first 10 seconds. It took the train 2 minutes and 45 seconds to clear the crossing at a constant speed. Which of the following was the most likely number of cars in the train?
Solution 1
Clearly, for every seconds,
cars pass. It's more convenient to have everything in seconds:
minutes and
seconds
seconds. We then set up a ratio:
~megaboy6679 ~MiracleMaths
Solution 2
minutes and
seconds is equal to
.
Since cars pass at around
seconds, there are about
groups of
cars. There are about
, so the closest answer choice is
.
Video Solution
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7avOfjhUT6Q https://youtu.be/79lJItxCt50 ~savannahsolver
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