we have 200, four-hundred pound men here sitting inside a bus...?

Question

we have 200, four-hundred pound men, sitting inside a bus traveling at 200 miles per hour, (the men are seat-belted of course for safety reasons)
if one these men falls out of the bus at the 100 mile mark, thus increasing the bus speed to 225 miles per hour, how long will it take this bus to travel 400 miles???

Answer 1

something like 1.8 hours

Answer 2

This is an extremely stupid question in more ways than one. Arbiter provides the correct method for doing the problem without using the number or weight of the passengers.

It is also absurd that the speed of the bus increases by such a huge amount (one-eighth of its original speed) when only one out of 200 passengers falls out. This could happen if the passenger who fell out happened to be the one talking to the driver and distrcting him from driving at full speed.

Answer 3

So, you have 100 miles travelled at 200 mph and 300 miles travelled at 225 mph.

Answer 4

You cannot have 200 four-hundred-pound men in a bus!

Answer 5

it wont make it to the 100 mile mark, your talking 80,000 pounds while the above average bus can hold 20,000. most buses ive seen can only hold 13-15 thousand pounds... This question is illogical and you should slap your math teacher

Answer 6

Did you say "sitting inside the bus"? Rhetoric question!

Answer 7

I say 18 minutes and 30 seconds... But I'm also failing math.

Answer 8

nicely, finally, the bottom will fall out and then, a lot for the guidelines of physics... i wager a body in action, purely counts even as the floor and the wheels are double galvanized metallic, and triple belted radials and the individuals contained in the transferring merchandise were not rotund!

Answer 9

a bit under two hours... my calculator is upstairs and i can't be bothered getting it

Answer 10

It will take 1.88888889 hours....