A moving train passes a platform 50 metres long in 14
seconds and a lamp-post in 10 seconds. The speed of the train is

(a) 24 km/hr

(b) 36 km/hr

(c) 40 km/hr

(d) 45 km/hr

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A moving train passes a platform 50 metres long in 14 seconds and a lamp-post in 10 seconds. The sp..

Answer / mukherzee

( d ) 45 km/hr

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A moving train passes a platform 50 metres long in 14 seconds and a lamp-post in 10 seconds. The sp..

Answer / prateik

let length of train=x speed=y
so x/y= 10 sec => x = 10y
now x+50/14 = y
y = 45 km/hr

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