SOLUTION: a car travels 100 km. The highest speed of the car is 90 km/h, and the lowest speeds is 30 km/h. The journey takes two hours. What is the average speed for the journey? a. 30 km/h

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Question 1124763: a car travels 100 km. The highest speed of the car is 90 km/h, and the lowest speeds is 30 km/h. The journey takes two hours. What is the average speed for the journey?
a. 30 km/h
b. 50 km/h
c. 60 km/h
d. 90 km/h

Found 2 solutions by ikleyn, MathTherapy:
Answer by ikleyn(52754) About Me  (Show Source):
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The average speed of the journey is  100%2F2 kilometers per hour.


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Answer by MathTherapy(10549) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!

a car travels 100 km. The highest speed of the car is 90 km/h, and the lowest speeds is 30 km/h. The journey takes two hours. What is the average speed for the journey?
a. 30 km/h
b. 50 km/h
c. 60 km/h
d. 90 km/h
Usually, most students calculate AVERAGE SPEED as the average of the 2 speeds, or   <====== THIS IS WRONG.
The CORRECT calculation is:
Many people make this mistake when calculating AVERAGE SPEED!
I implore you, DON'T DO IT!!