Revision question · Carrying passengers

Using a rough teaching estimate of about 67 kg per passenger, how much mass would 75 passengers add to a bus before luggage?

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5 tonnes

10 tonnes

15 tonnes

20 tonnes

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5 tonnesThis was the right answer

The stated example gives approximately five tonnes for 75 people. Actual passenger and baggage mass varies. Allow for the extra load in handling and braking, and check permitted gross and axle loads using the applicable real loading information.

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Distinguish a passenger-weight example from a legal limitReviewed guidance summary · The corrected prompts explicitly use the rough per-person assumption. Actual passengers and luggage vary, so the result is not a load certificate.

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