While you're in a bus that moves at 100 km/h, you walk from the back to the front at 10 km/h. What is your speed relative to the road outside?

a) 90 km/h

b) 110 km/h

c) 100 km/h

d) 10 km/h

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Frederick Quinn

Physics

11 March, 05:36

While you're in a bus that moves at 100 km/h, you walk from the back to the front at 10 km/h. What is your speed relative to the road outside?

a) 90 km/h

b) 110 km/h

c) 100 km/h

d) 10 km/h

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Joslyn Sawyer · Answer 1

(B) 110 km/h

Explanation:

Since you are moving in the same direction as the bus and you are on the bus, your speed relative to the road will be the addition of the speed of the bus and the speed you are walking at.

Therefore your speed relative to the bus outside = 100 + 10 = 110 km/h

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While you're in a bus that moves at 100 km/h, you walk from the back to the front at 10 km/h. What is your speed relative to the road outside?

a) 90 km/h

b) 110 km/h

c) 100 km/h

d) 10 km/h