Time Speed Problem

Algebra Level 1

If excluding stoppages, the speed of a bus is 60 km/hr and including stoppages, it is 55 km/hr then the bus stops................... minutes per hour.

6 min/hr 7 min/hr 4 min/hr 5 min/hr

Hemlata Sharma by Hemlata Sharma , 27, India

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2 solutions

Bleach Byakuya
Jun 19, 2014

is it the answer's unit incorrect ?

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Hemlata Sharma
May 31, 2014

It covers 5 km less per hour, due to stoppages.

To cover 5 km, time taken = 5\60 hour = 5 min. By the formula, time = d i s t a n c e s p e e d \frac {distance} {speed} .

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It would have been more challenging if your numbers for speed didn't match the numbers for the time.

Guiseppi Butel - 7 years ago

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