A 300 ft. train is traveling 300 ft. per minute must travel through a 300 ft. long tunnel.  How long will it take the train to travel through the tunnel? -Riddles

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Two minutes. It takes the front of the train one minute and the rest of the train will take two minutes to clear the tunnel.

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