A train accelerates uniformly from rest to a speed m/s. It continues at this speed for a period of time and then decelerates uniformly to rest. In travelling a total distance m the train accelerates through a distance m and decelerates through a distance m, where and .
If the average speed of the train for the whole journey is , find .
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