Train A is traveling west at a speed of 45 mph. Train B is traveling on the same track headed east going 80 kph. The two trains are 6 miles apart. Train A has 600 people aboard, while train B only has 10 (the conductor, his wife, and their 8 children). There is a wind coming from the north ranging from 20-30 mph with gusts as high as 45 mph. The children riding on train A are between the ages of 5 and 17. There are only two of them, the rest are adults. Train B is hauling 50 tanker cars with 50,000 1bs of diesel fuel in each of them. Train A only has 5 cars, all of them are hauling goats. When train A and B eventually collide, how much many people will be left on train A?
2007-02-27
21:39:38
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