SOLUTION: A truck drivers 12km east in 20 minutes and then drives 4 km north in 10 minutes. What is the average velocity of the truck for the entire trip?

Question 359528: A truck drivers 12km east in 20 minutes and then drives 4 km north in 10 minutes. What is the average velocity of the truck for the entire trip?

Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A truck drivers 12km east in 20 minutes and then drives 4 km north in 10 minutes. What is the average velocity of the truck for the entire trip?
distance east = 12km
distance north = 4 km
total distance = 16 km
..
total time = 1/3 + 1/6 hours
3/6 = 1/2 hour
speed = distance /time
16/(1/2)
=32 km/hour Average speed
m.ananth@hotmail.ca

RELATED QUESTIONS
Marissa drives 275 km north in 2.45 hours. She then slows and drives 350 km north in... (answered by ikleyn)

15km/hr to 60km/hr going to north of east direction in 20 seconds. a.)what is the... (answered by Alan3354)

A car drives 215 km east and then 45 km north. What is the magnitude of the cars... (answered by stanbon)

Compute the average speed and velocity of Makisig as he travels for another 20 km east in (answered by fractalier)

A car travels at 60 mph east for 20 min then at 30 mph east for 30 minutes. What is the... (answered by Fombitz)

What is the speed of a truck that ravels 10 km in 10... (answered by texttutoring)

what is the speed of a truck that travels 10. km in 10.... (answered by rfer)

If a truck travels 50 miles in 20 minutes what is the average rate of speed of the... (answered by richard1234)

a car drives 150km east in 3 hours , then 50km west in 2 hours . what is the car's... (answered by Alan3354)