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What is the car's average speed over the entire journey?

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A car covers its outward journey at 66 mph.

It returns, over exactly the same distance, at 33 mph.

What is the car's average speed over the entire journey?

posted Oct 23, 2018 by Anuradha Tabyal

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44 mph


The distance is 66t +33*2t=132t
Time spent is t+2t=3t
Average speed - 132t/3t=44 mph

answer Oct 23, 2018 by Hanifa Mammadov



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