Question

A bus makes a stop at 2:30, letting off 15 people and letting on 9. The bus makes another stop ten minutes later to let off 4 more people. How many more or fewer people are on the bus after the second stop compared to the number of people on the bus before the 2:30 stop?

Answer 1

(-19)+9=-10, so there is 10 less people on the bus

Answer 2

Answer: The answer is 19 fewer people.

Step-by-step explanation: Given that the bus makes first stop at 2:30 where it let off 15 people and let on 9 people.

So, the total number of peoples in the bus before 2:30 = 15+9 = 24.

Again, after 10 minutes, the bus makes another stop letting off 4 more people there. So, the number of people remained in the bus after second stop

= 9-4 = 5.

Therefore, the difference in the number of peoples before 2:30 and after the second stop = 24-5 = 19.

Thus, there remains 19 fewer people than the number of peoples in the bus before 2:30.