Question

A bus makes a stop 2:30 letting off 13 people and lettng on 8. The bus makes another stop ten minutes later to let off 3 more people. How does the number of people on the bus after the second stol compare to the number pf people on the bus before the 2:30 stop??

Answer 1

The number of people on the bus after the second stop is 8 less than the number of peoples on the bus before the 2:30 stop.

Explanation:

Let
`P_0` be the total number of peoples on the bus before 2:30 stop.

For the first stop at 2:30:

The bus let off 13 people, so, the total number of remaining people on the bus
`= P_0-13`

again, the bus let on 8 people, so, the total number of people on the bus

`= P_0-13+8`

`=P_0-5`

For the second stop after 10 minutes (i.e at 2:40):

The bus let off 3 people, so, the total number of remaining people on the bus
`= P_0-5-3`

`=P_0-8`

After the second stop, the number of people on the bus is
`P_0-8`, where P_0 number of peoples on the bus before 2:30 stop.

Hence, the number of people on the bus after the second stop is 8 less than the number of peoples on the bus before the 2:30 stop.