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Question 479473: Car travels 400 km in the first 3 hours of a trip. it stops for 2 hours and then travels final 250km in 1.5 hours. find the average speed of the car Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Car travels 400 km in the first 3 hours of a trip. it stops for 2 hours and then travels final 250km in 1.5 hours. find the average speed of the car
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1st leg:
distance = 400 km ; time = 3 hrs
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Stop time:
distance = 0 km ; time = 2 hrs
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2nd leg:
distance = 250 km ; time = 1.5 hrs
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Average speed = (total distance)/(total time) = 650/6.5 = 10 km/hr
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Stan H.
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