Question

A train of 150 m length is going toward north direction at a speed of 10 ms–1 and a parrot is flying towards south direction parallel to the railway track with a speed of 5 ms–1. The time taken by the parrot to cross the train is equal to.?

Answer 1

Answer:

10ms

Explanation:

The bird must travel the length of the train (150m), with a combined speed of 15m/s this means it will take 10s to cross an accumulated 150ms.

Answer 2

Answer:

The time taken by the parrot to cross the train is = 10 m/s

Explanation:

given:

A train of 150 m length is going toward north direction at a speed of 10 m/s

and a parrot is flying towards south direction parallel to the railway track with a speed of 5 m/s

find;

The time taken by the parrot to cross the train

using the distance over speed relation formula t = d / v

where:

v = velocity

d = distance

t = time

v = 10 m/s + 5 m/s = 15 m/s (combine velocity)

d = 150 m

t = ?

plugin values into the formula

t =   150  

         15

t = 10 m/s

therefore,

The time taken by the parrot to cross the train is = 10 m/s