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A person travels from New York to Washington at the rate of 45 miles per
hour and comes backs to the New York at the rate of 55 miles per hour.
What is his average speed for the whole journey?
Problem 2 :
An automobile travels 130 miles in 2.5 hours and 150 miles in 3.5 hours. What
is its average velocity over the entire distance traveled?
Problem 3 :
A car travels along a straight road to the east for 120 meters in 5 seconds,
then go the west for 60 meters in 1 second. Determine average velocity in
meters per sec.
Problem 4 :
Problem 5 :
Time (A to B) = 3 hours
Time (B to C) = 5 hours
Time (C to D) = 6 hours
If the distances from A to B, B to C and C to D are equal and the speed from
A to B is 70 miles per hour, find the average speed from A to D.
Problem 6 :
A man takes 10 hours to go to a place and come back by walking both the
ways. He could have gained 2 hours by riding both the ways. The distance
covered in the whole journey is 18 miles. Find the average speed for the
whole journey if he goes by walking and comes back by riding.
Problem 7 :
Lily takes 3 hours to travel from place A to place B at the rate of 60 miles
per hour. She takes 2 hours to travel from place B to C with 50% increased
speed. Find the average speed from place A to C.
Problem 8 :
1. Answer :
Step 1 :
= 2xy/(x + y)
Step 2 :
x ----> Rate at which he travels from New York to Washington
x = 45
y = 55
Step 3 :
Average speed is
= (2 ⋅ 45 ⋅ 55)/(45 + 55)
= 4950/100
= 49.5 miles/hour
2. Answer :
Step 1 :
= 130 + 150
= 130 miles
Step 2 :
Total time :
= 2.5 + 3.5
= 6 hours
Step 3 :
Average speed is
= 48 miles/hour
3. Answer :
Step 1 :
= 120 + 60
= 180 meters
Step 2 :
Total time :
=5+1
= 6 seconds
Step 3 :
Average speed is
4. Answer :
Step 1 :
= 19 + 9
= 28 miles
Step 2 :
Total time :
= 3.5 hours
Step 3 :
Average speed is
= 28 miles/3.5 hours
= 8 miles/hour
5. Answer :
Step 1 :
= rate ⋅ time
Distance from A to B is
= 70 ⋅ 3
= 210 miles
= 630 miles
=3+5+6
= 14 hours
Step 2 :
Average speed is
= 630/14
= 45 miles hour
6. Answer :
Step 1 :
Given : A man takes 10 hours to go to a place and come back by walking both
the ways.
That is,
2 ⋅ walking = 10 hours
walking = 5 hours
That is,
2 ⋅ riding = 8 hours
riding = 4 hours
Step 2 :
walking + riding = 5 + 4
Step 3 :
total time taken = 9 hours
Step 4 :
Average speed is
= 18/9
= 2 miles/hour
7. Answer :
Step 1 :
Step 2 :
= rate ⋅ time
Distance from A to B is
= 60 ⋅ 3
= 180 miles
Distance from B to C :
= 90 ⋅ 2
= 180 miles
= 180 + 180
= 360 miles
=3+2
= 5 hours
Step 3 :
Average speed is
= 360/5
= 72 miles/hour
8. Answer :
Step 1 :
= distance/time
=5+5+6
= 16 hours
= 1040 miles
Step 3 :
= 1040/16
= 65 miles hour