SOLUTION: You drive a car 3.0 h at 30 km/h, then 3.0 h at 60 km/h. What is your average velocity?

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Question 647229: You drive a car 3.0 h at 30 km/h, then 3.0 h at 60 km/h.
What is your average velocity?
Answer by colliefan(242) About Me  (Show Source):
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You drove the car at the different speeds for the same amount of time and so the average speed is just the average of 30 and 60 km/h or 45 km/h.
You would need to weight the averages if you traveled different lengths of times at the different speeds.