A bullet train travels at a speed of 365km/h. In August 2001, Singapore's record for the man's sprint was set at 10.37 second. How many times is a bullet train as fast as the fastest Singaporean sprinter?

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Marina Duarte

13 August, 07:30

A bullet train travels at a speed of 365km/h. In August 2001, Singapore's record for the man's sprint was set at 10.37 second. How many times is a bullet train as fast as the fastest Singaporean sprinter?

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Alfonso Duffy · Answer 1

It is 91.01 m/s faster than the Singaporean sprinter

Convert km/hr to m/s

U get 101.38m/s (speed of bullet train)

Speed of the Singaporean sprinter is 10.37m/s

So subtracting the train speed from the sprinter's speed,

101.38 - 10.35 = 91.01m/s