SOLUTION: The car travelled to one place to anohter place 15 KM/hour and retrun to origin place 10 KM/hour, what is the average speed of the car?

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Question 449985: The car travelled to one place to anohter place 15 KM/hour and retrun to origin place 10 KM/hour, what is the average speed of the car?
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Hi, Nore below:
The car travelled to one place to another place at 15 KM/hour
and returned to the origin place 10 KM/hour
average speed of the car = total distance/total time:
Let x represent the one-way distance:
+2x+%2F%28+x%2F15+%2B+x%2F10%29+=+2%2F%285%2F30%29+=+12+KMph+