Time needed for superman to stop the train

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hi,
can some one give me an outline of how to solve the following question?

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Superman (mass=84.0 kg) must fly into a train (mass = 18079 kg) traveling at 75.0 km/hr to stop it.
Calculate the minimum time Superman must take to stop the train, if the passengers experience an average horizontal force of 0.420 their own weight.
 
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If the train is stopped, the passengers have also stopped.
Use F=ma on a passenger