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# a car travels 3 km in 10 minutes to reach the destination. on the return journey, the car travels the same distance in 15 minutes. what is the average speed of the car in its entire journey?

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## A car travels the first one third of a certain distance with a speed of 10 km/hr, the next one third with a speed of 20 km/hr and the last one third distance with a speed of 60 km/hr The average speed of the car for the whole journey is

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## 36 km/hr

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Let the total distance travelled be x km Then total time taken =

10 x/3 ​ + 20 x/3 ​ + 60 x/3 ​ = 30 x ​ + 60 x ​ + 180 x ​ = 180 6x+3x+x ​ = 180 10x ​ = 18 x ​

hrs Then average speed = =

Totaltimetaken

Totaldistancetravelled

​ = x/18 x ​ km/hr = 18 km/hr

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## A car travels a certain distance at 24 km/h and comes back at 36 km/h. What is the average speed of the car for the total journey.?

Answer (1 of 9): It is the harmonic mean of 24 and 36 gives the avg speed in the total journey and hence it is 2/{(1/24)+(1/36)}=144/5=28.8 kmph. Ans..

A car travels a certain distance at 24 km/h and comes back at 36 km/h. What is the average speed of the car for the total journey.?

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Here is a simple equation

V average = 2V1V2/(V1+V2)

Here V1 = 24km/hr V2= 36km/hr

Substitute these values in the equation, you will be getting 28.8km/hr as the answer.

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Ans is 28.8 km/h.

Assume the distance for one side is ‘s’. Therefore the total time taken for forward and backward journey is (s/24)+(s/36) which equals 5s/72.

Av speed = total distance /total time

Here total distance is 2s (forward and backward)

So, av speed= 2s/(5s/72) which equals 28.8 km/hr.

Pandita Rahul

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Use formula 2xy/x+y, where x and y speeds

Avg speed= 2×24×36/24+36=48×36/60=28.8 km/hr

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where s s

equals the average speed,

a a

equals the speed for the first half of the distance, and

b b

equals the speed for the second half of the distance

Therefore, s=(2*24*36)/(24+36)

s=28.8 Kph

(Source:How to Calculate Average Speed

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Factors of 24 = 2x2x2x3 36 = 2x2x3x3

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= (72+72)/(3+2) = 144/5

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## [Solved] A car covers the first 78 km. of the journey in 90 minutes a

Given: Total Distance cover = 78 + 50 = 128 km Total time taken = 90 + 70 = 160 minutes = $$160\over 60$$ hours Formula use: Average speed = Total

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## A car covers the first 78 km. of the journey in 90 minutes and the remaining 50 km. in 70 minutes. What is the average speed of the car?

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## Detailed Solution

Given:

Total Distance cover = 78 + 50 = 128 km

Total time taken = 90 + 70 = 160 minutes =

16060 hours

Formula use:

Average speed = Total Distance Travelled / Total Time taken

Calculation:

Average speed = 12816060 Average speed = 128160×60

Average speed = 48 km/hour

Therefore, the average speed of the car is 48 km/hour.

Hence, the correct answer is 48 km/hour.

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