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?
A. 9 B. 10
C. 12 D. 20
Solution is given as- Due to stoppages, it covers 9 km less.
Time taken to cover 9 km = $\frac{9*60}{54}$ min = 10 min.
I am not able to imagine this.
I feel that distance would be same in both cases. From 1st, we get 54km. In 2nd speed is given. So, time is $\frac{54*60}{45}=72$mins. But it has taken 60 mins, that is either the speed was more or the distance was less. But there is no hint that distance is less. And speed is explicitly given less. I am stuck!
Best Answer
When bus isn't stopping his average speed is $54 km/h$. Note that in the second trip, the trip with stoppages, while he's travelling he'll move with speed of $54 km/h$, but he also stops so the average speed will decrease. From the problem we can conclude that:
$$\frac{54 km/h \cdot t + 0 km/h \cdot (1h - t)}{1h} = 45 km/h$$
From this we can conclude that $t = \frac 56$ hours. So the bus stops for $\frac 16$ hours per hour, or in minutes that's $10$ minutes per hour.