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A car travels up a hill at a constant speed of 37 km/h and returns down the hill at a constant speed of 66 km/h. Calculate the average speed for the whole trip |
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Answer» ONG>Answer: The average SPEED is the ratio of total traveled distance to total time taken. Let d be the total distance traveled by the car. Thus distance traveled in each journey is d/2. So, the time taken for going up the hill is t
= v 1
(d/2)
= 37 d/2
= 74 d
Time taken for going down the hill is t 2
= (d/2)
= 132 d
Thus, average speed is v
= t 1
+t 2
L
= (L/74+L/132) L
=47.4km |
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