self Maths Puzzle

the average speed of train without stoppages is 150 kp/h. its average speed with stoppages is 120 kp/h. find the number of minutes it stops every hours?

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12 minutes...without stoppages 150 kp/h means 2.5 km per minute.. to cover 120 km it takes 48 minutes.. so the stoppage time for an hour is 60-48=12 minutes.
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15 mins it stops
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