SOLUTION: a car traveled at 50 km/h for 4 hours and at 60 km/h for 3 1/2 hours. what was the average speed for the whole journey???
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Question 937763: a car traveled at 50 km/h for 4 hours and at 60 km/h for 3 1/2 hours. what was the average speed for the whole journey???
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a car traveled at 50 km/h for 4 hours and at 60 km/h for 3 1/2 hours.
what was the average speed for the whole journey???
:
Average speed is total dist/total time
Find the total distance
4(50) + 3.5(60) = 410
:
= 54 mph
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