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JanieW
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Posted - 13/12/2012 :  18:14:30  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
A night train from London to Edinburgh leaves at 2321 and arrives 0651.

a) How lomg does the journey take?
b) The distance is 644 km.

Find the average speed of the train in km per hour.
To One decimal place


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Posted - 13/12/2012 :  18:25:51  Show Profile  Visit Kelfezond's Homepage  Click to see Kelfezond's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
Speed 102.15 km/h
Time taken 6 hours 30 minutes

Though I coukf be wrong lol
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reptilemadd
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Posted - 13/12/2012 :  18:26:44  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
This is probably a trick question but, 7.5 hours and 85.9kph
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Posted - 13/12/2012 :  18:28:17  Show Profile  Visit Kelfezond's Homepage  Click to see Kelfezond's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
Sorry yeah 7 and a half hours not 6 - which makes my speed wrong too xP foolish man
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JanieW
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Posted - 13/12/2012 :  18:32:00  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
hehe cool thankyou xx
Damn I hate maths lmao


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Posted - 13/12/2012 :  18:32:09  Show Profile  Visit Kelfezond's Homepage  Click to see Kelfezond's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
My train cut the journey an hour early by not stopping at each station ;-) lol
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Posted - 13/12/2012 :  18:33:05  Show Profile  Visit Kelfezond's Homepage  Click to see Kelfezond's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by JanieW

hehe cool thankyou xx
Damn I hate maths lmao


Most people do lol

I LOVE it - I'm just not that good at it lol xD
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badwool
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Posted - 13/12/2012 :  18:48:27  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
7 hrs 30 mins is the journey time

85.85km/h is the speed.
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badwool
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Posted - 13/12/2012 :  18:52:29  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Fairly simple to solve;

Between 23:21 and midnight is 39 minutes
Add this to 6hours and 51 minutes by first adding the minutes (39 + 51 = 1hr 30)
Then add the 6 hours gives you 7 hours and 30 minutes.
The final bit is easy as you are diving the distance by the time taken sooo;
644km divided by 7.5 which gives you = 85.86 as your average speed
Assuming my answer is right....if not ignore all the above :P
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Posted - 13/12/2012 :  18:56:50  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
im not even going to attempt to work that out.
my last year at school i spent all my math's lesson's chucking paper plane's out the window at the cleaners
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Posted - 13/12/2012 :  19:31:21  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Afraid you're all wrong... Sort of...

Whilst most of you have got the length of journey right, youve not read the question... Accuracy needed was 1 decimal place, therefore the average speed is 85.9km/ph (1dp).

Everyone hates a maths teacher right??
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Redd
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Posted - 13/12/2012 :  19:33:00  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Damn you Kelf! Just realised you had it!

Still, everyone hates a maths teacher more now right?
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Posted - 13/12/2012 :  19:38:04  Show Profile  Visit Kelfezond's Homepage  Click to see Kelfezond's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
No mine was wrong too lol
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Posted - 13/12/2012 :  21:35:33  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I missed the train altogether so I'm still stuck in London!!!!!

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Posted - 13/12/2012 :  21:37:17  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Typical Kelf gets the credit for my work lol I feel like I'm back at school lol.

I demand justice Kelf your mojave female should make me feel better
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Redd
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Posted - 13/12/2012 :  21:44:50  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Oops... Sorry!
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badwool
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Posted - 14/12/2012 :  09:45:54  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Maths teacher fail :-P
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