SOLUTION: You drive a car 5 h at 50 km/h, then 5 h at 69 km/h. What is your average velocity? Answer in units of km/h.

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Question 1145037: You drive a car 5 h at 50 km/h, then 5 h at
69 km/h.
What is your average velocity?
Answer in units of km/h.

Answer by ikleyn(52775)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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=  =  = 59.5 km/h.



It is that rare case when the average speed is the TRUE average of the two values.


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