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?
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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 17 of 21.

Bipana said:   1 decade ago
1hr----- 54 km without stoppage.

1hr----- 45 km with stoppage.

Speed = 54 km/hr.

Bus losses (54-45=) 9 km in 1hr.

Time = distance/speed.

= 9 km/54 km/hr.

= 9*60/54.

= 10 min.

Bus needs 10 min. To travel 9 km. So it losses 10 min to travel 9 km per hour.

Kaushal said:   1 decade ago
Why it use 54 km/hr with 9 km not use the 45 km/hr?

Mukesh Kumar Jena said:   1 decade ago
Let for a hrs, bus runs at 54 kmph.

And b hrs, bus runs at 0 kmph.

So avg speed => 45=(54*a)/(a+b).
=> a=5b.

Since we need for 1 hour;
a+b=1 hr.

We got ; b=1/6 hr stoppage time = 10 mins.

Akriti said:   1 decade ago
Here speed is given - 54 (excluding stoppages), 45(including ).

Time taken at stoppages -d/t.

So 9 kmph, distance - 9*60.

540/54 because (distance /time), we got 10min.

Murali said:   1 decade ago
Excluding stoppages= (difference of speeds/excluding Stoppage) *60mins.

= (54-45/54) *60mins.

= (9/54) *60mins.

= (1/6) *60mins.

=10mins.

Suresh khichee said:   1 decade ago
D = S*T.
D = 54/1 * T ....(1) T is time taken by bus without stoppages.
D = 45/1 *( T + S ) ...(2) where S is time taken by stoppages.
By (1)& (2)

54*T = 45*T + 45*S
54*T - 45*T = 45*S
9*T = 45*S or 9/T = 45/S so ratio of T/S = 45/9

T/S = 5/1 {T=time ,S= time of stoppage }

T:S ::5:1 shows that

In 6 minute(5+1) bus takes 1 minutes for stoppage.
So In 60 minutes bus will take 10 minutes stoppage.

Chinmayee said:   1 decade ago
Why we take 54 instead of 45 ? please solve my question.

Pratik said:   1 decade ago
Let us suppose 10 min is the ans..
Let the distance covered be 54km.
Time 1 hr without stoppage.
Then 54/1 = 54 kph..
With stoppage of 10 min= 1/6 hr= 0.1667 hr
54/(1+0.1667)= 46.28 kph
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Let 12 min be the ans
With stoppage 0f 12 min=1/5hr=0.2hr
54/(1+0.2)= 45 kph.

Harshita said:   1 decade ago
Hi. Please tell what is wrong in the following approach? because I'm not getting the right answer by this.

54 km/hr means in 1hr it will cover 54km.
Now if it stops of x hr the the new speed.
45=54/ (1+x).
So x=9/45 hr= (9/45) 60 min. =12 min?

Afsar said:   1 decade ago
How it take 9km. ?
It is because there is no time limit given so.
We take reference time 1hr. And each having same time.
So distance=speed*time.


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