Question

    Speed of a car is 150% more than that of a bus. Find the distance traveled by the bus in 6 hours 30 minutes if the time taken by the car to cover 960 km is 8 hours.

    A 312 km Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B 415 km Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C 225 km Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D 200 km Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E None of these Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    ATQ, Time taken by the car to travel 960 km = 8 hours Speed of car = 960/8 = 120 km/h Speed of bus = 120/2.5 = 48 km/h Time taken by the bus = 6 hours + (30/60) hours = 6.5 hours Desired distance = 48 × 6.5 = 312 km

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