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What is the snail's average speed over the return trip?

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A snail travels to his favourite vegetable patch at 110cm per hour.

After munching through the veg, it returns, over exactly the same distance at 73.3333cm per hour.

What is the snail's average speed over the return trip?

posted Jul 27, 2021 by Mohammad

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