Average speed

A body, moving in a straight line, covers a certain distance .....

If One fifth of the total time is covered with speed V1 and in the remaining time, three fourth of remaining distance is covered with speed V2 and finally one forth of remaining distance is covered with speed V3.

Find the Average speed over the entire journey in terms of V1, V2, and V3 .

( 3V1V2 + 16V1V2 + 9V3V2 )÷ ( 15V2 + 12V3) (15V1V3 + 12V1V2 + 16V2V3)÷(12V2 + 9V3) (9V1V2 + 12V2V3 +16V3V1)÷( 3V1 + 15V2) (3V1V2 + 9V2V3 + 15V3V1)÷( V1 + V3) (16V2V3 + 3V1V3 +V1V2)÷(15V3 + 5V2) Cannot be determined

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1 solution

Steven Chase
May 21, 2017

Translating the language directly into math yields the following ( t t is the total time and d d is the total distance)

t = 1 5 t + 3 4 d v 1 t 5 v 2 + 1 4 d v 1 t 5 v 3 \large{t = \frac{1}{5}t + \frac{3}{4} \frac{d-\frac{v_1 t}{5}}{v_2} + \frac{1}{4} \frac{d-\frac{v_1 t}{5}}{v_3}}

Grouping t t and d d terms gives:

t ( 4 5 + 3 v 1 20 v 2 + v 1 20 v 3 ) = d ( 3 4 v 2 + 1 4 v 3 ) \large{t\Big(\frac{4}{5} + \frac{3v_1}{20v_2} + \frac{v_1}{20v_3}\Big) = d\Big(\frac{3}{4v_2} + \frac{1}{4v_3}\Big)}

Multiplying both sides by 20 v 2 v 3 20v_2 v_3 yields:

t ( 16 v 2 v 3 + 3 v 1 v 3 + v 1 v 2 ) = d ( 15 v 3 + 5 v 2 ) \large{t(16v_2 v_3 + 3 v_1 v_3 + v_1 v_2) = d(15 v_3 + 5 v_2)}

The average speed is therefore:

v a v = d t = 16 v 2 v 3 + 3 v 1 v 3 + v 1 v 2 15 v 3 + 5 v 2 \large{v_{av} = \frac{d}{t} = \frac{16v_2 v_3 + 3 v_1 v_3 + v_1 v_2}{15 v_3 + 5 v_2}}

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