Two buses starting from two different places A and B simultaneously, travel towards each other and meet after a specified time. If the bus starting from A is delayed by 20 minutes, they meet 12 minutes later than the usual time. If the speed of the bus starting from A is 60km/hr, what is the speed of the second bus?
My attempt:
Let t be the usual time of meeting and s(A) and s(B) be the speeds of Bus A and Bus B respectively, then
Applying relative velocity concept (stopping bus B i.e. taking it's speed =0 and adding it to speed of A), i got:
s(A)= 60 (given)
(60 + s(B))t = d (distance between the buses)
Now if bus A is delayed by 20 mins, then B's travelling time is 20 mins more than A's to cover the same distance.
t(B) = t(A) + 20/60
hence, t(B)= t(A) + 1/5
distance covered by A = t(A) * 60
distance covered by B = t(B) * s(B) = (t(A) +1/5)*s(B)
The problem: How do i relate the delay of 12 mins in their meeting time?
Answer
ADDED. Solution using your equations and making the necessary corrections and additions.
(60 + s(B))t = d
distance covered by A = t(A) * 60
distance covered by B = t(B) * s(B) = (t(A) +1/5)*s(B)
(distance between buses = d = distance covered by A + distance covered by B)
t(B) = t(A) + 20/60
hence, t(B) = t(A) + 1/5
Correction: 20/60 = 1/3; hence, t(B) = t(A) + 1/3.
How do i relate the delay of 12 mins in their meeting time?
t(B) = t + 1/5.
Let $d$ be the distance from $A$ to $B$, $v_{A}=60$ km/hr be the speed of
the bus departing from $A$ and $v_{B}$ the speed of the bus departing from $B$. If both buses start simultaneously, $v_{A}t$ is the distance traveled by bus $A$ and $v_{B}t$ is the the distance traveled by bus $B$, where $t$ is the usual time they spend to meet each other. We have
$$v_{A}t+v_{B}t=d.$$
(The units have to be consistent: e.g. speed in km/hr, time in hours and distance in km). If the bus starting from $A$ is delayed by 20 minutes =$\frac{1}{3}$ hour,
then bus $A$ travels the distance $v_{A}(t-1/3+1/5)$ and bus $B$ travels $v_{B}(t+1/5)$, because they meet $12$ minutes = $\frac{1}{5}$ hour later than the usual time $t$.
$$v_{A}(t-1/3+1/5)+v_{B}(t+1/5)=d.$$
Equate both equations
$$v_{A}t+v_{B}t= v_{A}(t-1/3+1/5)+v_{B}(t+1/5),$$
and simplify
$$\frac{2}{15}v_{A}-\frac{1}{5}v_{B}=0.$$
Since $v_{A}$ is 60km/hr, we have
$$\frac{2}{15}\left( 60\right) -\frac{1}{5}v_{B}=0,$$
whose solution is $v_{B}=40$ km/hr.
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