Question

A truck and a bus started of at 10:30 a.m. from opposite in the highway the truck travel at a speed of 40 km per hour and a bus travel at a speed of 54 km per hour is he pass each other at 1:00 p.m. what was the length of the highway?

Answer 1

To find the length of the highway, distances covered by both the truck and the bus in 2.5 hours are added together. The truck covered 100 km, and the bus covered 135 km, giving a total highway length of 235 km.

Step-by-step explanation:

To calculate the length of the highway between the truck and the bus, you need to use the information about their speeds and the time they took to pass each other. Since they started at 10:30 a.m. and passed each other at 1:00 p.m., they were traveling towards each other for 2.5 hours. The truck's speed was 40 km/h, and the bus's speed was 54 km/h.

First, find the distance each vehicle covered:

• Distance covered by the truck = 40 km/h * 2.5 h = 100 km
• Distance covered by the bus = 54 km/h * 2.5 h = 135 km

Add these distances to get the total length of the highway:

Total length of the highway = 100 km + 135 km = 235 km.