How to solve this question based on average speed?

Question

Without stoppage, a train travels a certain distance with an average speed of 60 km/h, and with stoppage, it covers the same distance with an average speed of 40 km/h. On an average, how many minutes per hour does the train stop during the journey?

Answer 1

As distance is same.

D = S * T

Let t = usual time s = stop time

60t = 40 (t+s).

60t - 40t = 40s

20t = 40s

t = 2s

Here total time is 1 hour or 60 minutes.

So, t + s = 60 minutes

2s + s = 60

3s = 60

s = 20

So train stops for 20 minutes.

One trick that I use to solve this type of question.

Difference in two speeds is 20 kmph. Which is 1/3rd of original speed. So find the 1/3rd of 1 hour or 60 minutes. Which is 20 minutes.