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Question Number 63891 by Tawa1 last updated on 10/Jul/19

A bus is travelling along a straight road at 100Km/hr and the bus conductor walks at 6Km/hr on the floor of the bus and in the same direction as the bus. Find the speed of the conductor relative to the road, and relative to the bus. If the bus conductor now works at the same rate but in the opposite direction as the bus, find his new speed relative to the road. Answers in textbook: 106Km/hr, 64Km/hr, 94Km/hr

$$\mathrm{A}\:\mathrm{bus}\:\mathrm{is}\:\mathrm{travelling}\:\mathrm{along}\:\mathrm{a}\:\mathrm{straight}\:\mathrm{road}\:\mathrm{at}\:\mathrm{100Km}/\mathrm{hr}\:\mathrm{and} \\ $$$$\mathrm{the}\:\mathrm{bus}\:\mathrm{conductor}\:\mathrm{walks}\:\mathrm{at}\:\mathrm{6Km}/\mathrm{hr}\:\mathrm{on}\:\mathrm{the}\:\mathrm{floor}\:\mathrm{of}\:\mathrm{the}\:\mathrm{bus} \\ $$$$\mathrm{and}\:\mathrm{in}\:\mathrm{the}\:\mathrm{same}\:\mathrm{direction}\:\mathrm{as}\:\mathrm{the}\:\mathrm{bus}.\: \\ $$$$\mathrm{Find}\:\mathrm{the}\:\mathrm{speed}\:\mathrm{of}\:\mathrm{the}\:\mathrm{conductor}\:\mathrm{relative}\:\mathrm{to}\:\mathrm{the}\:\mathrm{road},\:\mathrm{and} \\ $$$$\mathrm{relative}\:\mathrm{to}\:\mathrm{the}\:\mathrm{bus}.\:\mathrm{If}\:\mathrm{the}\:\mathrm{bus}\:\mathrm{conductor}\:\mathrm{now}\:\mathrm{works}\:\mathrm{at}\:\mathrm{the}\:\mathrm{same} \\ $$$$\mathrm{rate}\:\mathrm{but}\:\mathrm{in}\:\mathrm{the}\:\mathrm{opposite}\:\mathrm{direction}\:\mathrm{as}\:\mathrm{the}\:\mathrm{bus},\:\mathrm{find}\:\mathrm{his}\:\mathrm{new}\:\mathrm{speed} \\ $$$$\mathrm{relative}\:\mathrm{to}\:\mathrm{the}\:\mathrm{road}. \\ $$$$\mathrm{Answers}\:\mathrm{in}\:\mathrm{textbook}:\:\:\:\:\mathrm{106Km}/\mathrm{hr},\:\:\:\:\mathrm{64Km}/\mathrm{hr},\:\:\:\:\:\mathrm{94Km}/\mathrm{hr} \\ $$

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