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At the same time, your friend was sitting in the window seat of the same
railway and he too held a writometer pen in his hand pointing it out of
the window and towards the platform.So as the train passed, his pen also
drew a straight line on the entire platform. Later he checks the refill of
his pen: it drew a line of 1000 meters.
Meaning length of this railway platform is 1000 m.
so what is the total distance or length of lines drawn by the two pens?
200m of train + 1000m of platform = 1200m.
Now questions
For all the problems about train, boats, cars, scooters, men required to
complete a job, tata nano and kingfisher airplane, in short TSDW
(time,speed, distance, work) you need to remember only one "STD"
formula
ST=D
speed (s) x time (t) = distance (d)
Alternatives:
Instead of man, they can rephrase and ask: Train crossed a "Tree,
Telephone-pole, Tiger, Kalmadi, Raja.." The concept remains the same.
Everybody is holding a pen.
So in this case, you were standing on a platform holding a blue pen and
I am sitting in the railway also holding a purplepen.
What is the total length of lines drawn by both of us?
Total Length (or distance)= Your blue pen drew 100 m line +
My purple pen drew (x) m line.
: The total of blue and purple color line in above photo
So total distance covered by the train is (100+x)
Now ,
speed is given: 20m/s
time is also given: 20 seconds
So apply the STD formula
sxt=D
20ms x 20 seconds = (100+x)
400m = 100+x
x=400-100
x=300m
Two trains are coming from opposite directions. Both of them are
running at the same speed 20 meter per second.
It takes 20 seconds for them to completely cross each other. If the length
of first train is 90 m, what is the length of the second train?
Visualise: you are holding a pen sitting in first train, I am holding a pen
sitting in the second.
The total length of line drawn is 90+x m
Since both of the trains are moving, and moving in opposite directions.
Meaning it will take less time to draw these lines.
Hence
Final speed (s)
= speed of first train+ speed of second train.
= 20+20
= 40 m/s
Alternative:
same question, but instead of two trains , it is one man riding on a bike
and another train coming from the opposite direction.
Unit conversions
It is essential that before applying the STD formula, all the unit is must
be in the same system, else you will get incorrect answer.
and they will give that incorrect answer in one of the four options
[a/b/c/d] so you will confidently tick it but end up loosing in negative
marking.
Meaning
if a train is running a 36 kms per hour then, its speed in meter per second
is:
1 kmph = 5/18 ms
36 kmph= 36x (5/18) = 10 m/s.
Conclusion
Train and platform problems are very easy as such but still You might
end up making silly mistakes in calculation or get stuck in some
question during the actual exam. So You must practice as many sums as
you can at home, to get a firm command over the topic.
That's why opens your books, and start solving sums immediately!
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aptitude. To be continued: Boats and Streams, Time and Work, and
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