Quantitative Aptitude Free-Study Notes
14.
PROBLEMS ON TRAINS
A.
a km/hr= (a* 5/18) m/s.
B.
a m / s = (a*18/5) km/hr.
C.
Time taken by a train of length 1 meters to pass a pole or a standing man or a signal post is equal to the time taken by the train to cover 1 meters.
D.
Time taken by a train of length 1 metres to pass a stationary object of length b metres is the time taken by the train to cover (1 + b) metres.
E.
Suppose two trains or two bodies are moving in the same direction at u m / s and v m/s, where u > v, then their relatives speed = (u - v) m / s.
F.
Suppose two trains or two bodies are moving in opposite directions at u m / s and v m/s, then their relative speed is = (u + v) m/s.
G.
If two trains of length a metres and b metres are moving in opposite directions at u m / s and v m/s, then time taken by the trains to cross each other =
(a + b)/(u+v) sec.
H.
If two trains of length a metres and b metres are moving in the same direction at u m / s and v m / s, then the time taken by the faster train to cross the
slower train = (a+b)/(u-v) sec.
I.
If two trains (or bodies) start at the same time from points A and B towards each other and after crossing they take a and b sec in reaching B and A
respectively, then
(A's speed) : (B’s speed) = (b1/2: a1/2).