FIND THE AVERAGE

Algebra Level 1

A car travels from A to B at an average speed of 50 km/hour. At what average speed would it have to travel from B to A to average 60 km/hour for the whole trip?

109km/hr 90km/hr 34km/h 75km/h

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a v e r a g e s p e e d f o r t h e w h o l e t r i p = t o t a l d i s t a n c e t r a v e l e d t o t a l t i m e e l a p s e d average~speed~for~the~whole~trip=\dfrac{total~distance~traveled}{total~time~elapsed}

We know that t = d v t=\dfrac{d}{v} where t t = time, d d = distance and v v = speed. So

a v e r a g e s p e e d f o r t h e w h o l e t r i p = d + d t ( A B ) + t ( B A ) average~speed~for~the~whole~trip=\dfrac{d+d}{t_{(A-B)}+t_{(B-A)}}

60 = 2 d d 50 + d v 60=\dfrac{2d}{\dfrac{d}{50}+\dfrac{d}{v}}

60 = 2 d v d + 50 d 50 v 60=\dfrac{2d}{\dfrac{vd+50d}{50v}}

60 = 2 v + 50 50 v 60=\dfrac{2}{\dfrac{v+50}{50v}}

60 = 2 ( 50 v v + 50 ) 60=2\left(\dfrac{50v}{v+50}\right)

60 = 100 v v + 50 60=\dfrac{100v}{v+50}

60 v + 3000 = 100 v 60v+3000=100v

40 v = 3000 40v=3000

v = 75 k p h v=75~kph

Aditya Raj
Nov 23, 2014

Let d be the distance between A and B. T1 = d / 50 : travel time from A to B. Let S be the speed from B to A. T2 = d/S : travel time from B to A. 60 = 2d/(T1 + T2) : average speed for the whole trip. 60 = 2d/(d/50 + d/S) : substitute T1 and T2. S = 75 km/hour : solve the above equation for S.

Rahul Parmar
Nov 24, 2014

easy one ! studied this one in ninth class

Sujoy Roy
Nov 23, 2014

Let, x x km/ hr be the average speed to travel from B to A.

Now, 60 = 2 50 x 50 + x 60=\frac{2*50*x}{50+x}

or, 5 x = 3 x + 150 5x=3x+150

or, x = 75 x=\boxed{75}

Shishir Kumar
Nov 23, 2014

nice question

Why are you telling this in the solution?

Syed Hamza Khalid - 2 years, 8 months ago

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