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EXE.2.SL.TZ0.d

The tram travels at v throughout the journey. Two trams are available so that one is returning to the lower station on another line while the other is travelling to the village. The journeys take the same time.

It takes 1.5 minutes to unload and 1.5 minutes to load each tram. Ignore the time taken to accelerate the tram at the beginning and end of the journey.

Estimate the maximum number of passengers that can be carried up to the village in one hour.

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Time for run = s/v = 3000 ÷ 13.2 = 227 s ✓

3 minutes loading = 180 s

So one trip = 407 s ✓

And there are 3600/407 trips per hour = 8.84 ✓

So 8 complete trips with 75 = 600 passengers ✓

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