SOLUTION: a car travelled at 60km/h for 2 1/2h. during the next 2h it travelled at 56km/h. for the last 1 1/2h of the journey it travelled at 50km/h. calculate the average speed of the car d

Question 718611: a car travelled at 60km/h for 2 1/2h. during the next 2h it travelled at 56km/h. for the last 1 1/2h of the journey it travelled at 50km/h. calculate the average speed of the car during the whole journey.
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a car travelled at 60km/h for 2 1/2h. during the next 2h it travelled at 56km/h. for the last 1 1/2h of the journey it travelled at 50km/h.
calculate the average speed of the car during the whole journey.
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Find the total distance of the journey
60 * 2.5 = 150 km
56 * 2.0 = 112 km
50 * 1.5 = 75 km
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total dist: 337 km
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Find the total time taken for the journey
2.5 + 2 + 1.5 = 6 hrs
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Average speed = dist/time
av = 337/6
av = 56.167 km/hr
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