A bus is travelling along straight road at 100km/hr and the bus conductor walks a 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 walks at the same rate but in opposite direction as the bus, find his new speed relative to the road.

Respuesta :

Given data:

* The speed of the bus is 100 km/hr.

* The speed of the conductor is 6 km/hr.

Solution:

(a). If the bus and conductor are traveling in the same direction.

The net speed of the conductor relative to the road is,

[tex]v_1=v_b+v_c_{}[/tex]

where v_1 is the velocity of the conductor relative to the road, v_b is the velocity of the bus, and v_c is the velocity of the conductor inside the bus,

Substituting the known values,

[tex]\begin{gathered} v_1=100+6 \\ v_1=106\text{ km/hr} \end{gathered}[/tex]

Thus, the speed of the conductor relative to the road is 106 km/hr.

(b). The speed of the conductor relative to the bus is the speed of the conductor on the bus,

Thus, the speed of the conductor relative to the bus is 6 km/hr.