Train A carrying nuclear waste from a power plant to the Nevada desert leaves Station B at 3 AM, traveling at?

Question

180 km/hr
Assuming that the distance it must travel is 1600 miles, how long will it take for:

a) a crowd of protesters to lie down on the tracks, tempting fate to prevent it from arriving at its destination?
b) a group of terrorists to either steal it or blow it up near a metropolitan area?
c) certain politicians, blamed for allowing it, to be voted out of office?

Please show all calculations.

Answer 1

a) If posted in the average newspaper, the information would be absorbed and contemplated by the masses by about lunch time. 180 km/hr = 111.85200 mi/hr so it would take the train 14.30461682 hrs under perfect conditions to reach its destination. Thus the train would normally arrive at 5:18PM. At about 1Pm the protesters would make their appearance with ample time to prepare. This fiasco may be averted due to the vast movement of the train seeing as protesters although readily available tend to be slow and wouldn't not probably be able to catch up.
b) As for the group of ists, they most likely already have a sufficient stock pile of nukes do to Americas massive oil expenses and would not take such an obvious risk.
c) The protesters, discouraged by their fail attempts, would then turn on the politician blamed for allowing the transport. He would be voted out of office soon thereafter. This can be calculated using this simple equation:
[(Outrage)*(# of protesters)]/[(Political power)*(Cases slowing legislation)]

Answer 2

Well, obviously, the protester will take 3 hours to get organized, yet while their on their way, they will be mugged by the terrorists. The terrorists, having been delayed by the pedestrians, will miss the train explosion, will be mad, and decide to kill certain politicians, who, now dead will be taken out of office. So, I guess the answer is about 4 hours for all of it too occur, assuming the terrorists have cars, and are organized with weapons.

Answer 3

time=distance/speed
1800/180*(5/8)=18 hours
the train will take 18 hours to reach its destination
the math stops there

Answer 4

uset he equation d=rt (distance=rate times distnace) hope that helps. in 8th garde and just learned it. confused me but thats what we learned for tha basics

Answer 5

a) 3.7 seconds
b) 20 minutes
c) Never gonna happen, unfortunately.