Aptitude - Time and Distance - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Time and Distance - General Questions (Q.No. 5)
5.
Excluding stoppages, the speed of a bus is 54 kmph and including stoppages, it is 45 kmph. For how many minutes does the bus stop per hour?
9
10
12
20
Answer: Option
Explanation:

Due to stoppages, it covers 9 km less.

Time taken to cover 9 km = 9 x 60 min = 10 min.
54

Discussion:
205 comments Page 16 of 21.

Aksh said:   1 decade ago
Answer is coming 12 min,
s = d/t.

54 = d because t = 1hr given -------- 1,
s = d/t.

45 = 54/(t+1) ------- 2.
By solving we get 12.

Kavya said:   1 decade ago
As we have subtracted the two speeds, then it would result as 9 kmph!

If 54 kmph means for 1hr------> 54km.

So now 9 kmph means 1hr------> 9km right so the answer is 60min.

Sonu singh said:   1 decade ago
Why we get 54 as denominator?

Yash said:   1 decade ago
I tried by this method:

- - - Speed Time Distance.
Stop : 54 1h D.
Non-S: 45 1-X h D.

D is common for both, so,

54 * 1h = 45*(1-x)h.

X = 1/5 hr ==> 12 mins.

What went wrong in this method.

Dumi said:   1 decade ago
Can it be solved using x and y?

Harmanpreet Singh said:   1 decade ago
As speed of bus without stoppage is 54 kms per hour (i.e) in 1 hr bus travels 54 kms.(as Distance = speed *time).

Similarly as speed of bus with stoppage is 45 kms per hour (i.e)in 1 hr bus travels 45 kms(as Distance = speed *time).

Comparing the cases we can see that bus with stoppage covers 9 km less than the bus without stoppages.

Now we know that bus covers,

54 kms in 60 mins (1 hr)
1km in 60/54 mins
9 kms ---------------------- 60/54*9 = 10mins.

So with original speed of 54 km/h, bus stops for 10 mins.

Poorni said:   1 decade ago
0.9 km per minute, what it implies about? lost distance or no.of stoppages?

Aarman said:   1 decade ago
Because @Chandini bus is going on 54 km without stopped and 45 is this stopped time the bus that why here when the bus stopped then bus is loss a time.

Arun KR said:   1 decade ago
@Chandini.

Because:

Actual speed of the bus is 54 km(in 1 hour), So Due to the stops it will reduce As 45. To calculate 1 min bus traveled distance using only the actual speed (54). If We take 45 means the bus already stopped.

Chandini said:   1 decade ago
Why should we use 54 rather than 45?


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