College Algebra (10th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0321979478
ISBN 13: 978-0-32197-947-6

Chapter 1 - Review Exercises - Page 146: 60

Answer

$58$ meters

Work Step by Step

The relative speed of the train with respect to the man is $v=30-4=26$ miles per hour. Thus their distance after $t=5s$ will be $d=vt=26\cdot\frac{5}{60\cdot60}miles\approx58$ meters
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