Plz solve d below bus nd car sum Share with your friends Share 0 Lovina Kansal answered this Dear student Let the average spped of bus be x km/hrThen, the average speed of car will be (x+20)km/hrTime taken by bus to cover a distance of 300km=300xhrsTime taken by car to cover a distance of 300 km=300x+20hrsSo, 300x-300x+20=4⇒300x+20-300xxx+20=4⇒300x+6000-300x=4x2+80x⇒4x2+80x-6000=0⇒x=-80±6400+960008⇒x=-80±3208⇒x=30 orx=-50 (not possible)Hence spped of the bus=30km/hrand speed of car=50km/hr Regards 0 View Full Answer Tejasri Kumaar answered this Let the speed of the bus be x then speed of the car is x + 20 Let the time taken by bus to cover be t then time taken by car be t-4 Time = Distance / Speed Distance = 300 km 300/x -4 = 300/x+20 =>300 - 300 = 4 x x+20 300(1 - 1 ) = 4 x x+20x + 20 - x = 4 x2 + 20x 300 20 = 1 x2 + 20x 75 x2 + 20x = 150 x2+ 20x - 150 = 0 be ax2+ bx + c= 0 a= 1, b = 20 and = -150 D = b2 - 4ac D= 202 - 4*1*-150 D = 400 + 600 D = 1000√D = √1000√D= 10√10 √D = 10 * 3.16 √D = 31.6 x = -b + √D 2a x = -20 + 31.6 2 x = 11.6 2 x = 5.8km/hr x = -b - √D 2a x = -20 - 31.6 2 x = -51.6 2 x = -25.8km/hr Since speed cannot be negative x = 5.8km/heSpeed of the car = 25.8km/hr Speed of the bus = 5.8km/hr -1 Raja answered this speed of car = x+20 speed of bus = x 300/x+20 - 300/x = 4 300(x)-300(x+20) / (x)(x+20) = 4 x2+20x -1500=0 x= 30 speed of car = x+20 =50km/hrspeed of bus = x =30km/hr 1