On the scale model, the distance between the wheels on the left and the wheels on the right is 1 1/4 inches. the state of wyorming has old railroad tracks that are 4.5 feet apart. can the modern train travel on those tracks? explain your reasoning.

No, modern train cannot travel on old railroad.

Step-by-step explanation:

In rail transport, track gauge is the spacing of the rails on a railway track and is measured between the inner faces of the load-bearing rails.

Most of the modern train are based on broad gauge. The separation in broad gauge is about 5 ft and 6 inches and in the standard gauge the separation between the tracks is 4 ft and inches. So for the modern train it is not possible to travel on the tracks whose separation is no more than 4.5 feet.

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