SOLUTION: A bus is travelling along a straight road at 100km/hr and the bus conductor walks at 6km/hr on the floor of the bus and in the same direction as the bus find the speed of the condu

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Question 1197095: A bus is travelling along a straight road at 100km/hr and the bus conductor walks at 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
Answer by ikleyn(52754) About Me  (Show Source):
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(a)   in the same direction:  the relative speed is   100+6 = 106 km/hr.


(b)   in the opposite direction:  the relative speed is   100-6 = 94 km/hr.