David drove for 3 hours at a rate of 50 miles per hour, for 2 hours at 60 miles per hour and for 5 hours at a rate of 70 miles per hour. What was his average speed for the whole journey?
Formula for average speed is
= Total distance/Total time taken
And also, formula for the distance is
Distance covered in the first 3 hours is
Distance covered in the next 2 hours is
Distance covered in the last 5 hours is
Then, total distance is
So, the average speed is
So, the average speed for the whole journey is 62 miles per hour.
Jose travels from the place A to place B at a certain speed. When he comes back from place B to place A, his speed is 60 miles per hour. If the average speed for the whole journey is 72 miles per hour, find his speed when he travels from the place A to B.
Let a be the speed from place A to B.
Speed from place B to A = 60 miles/hour.
Here, both the ways, he covers the same distance.
Then, formula to find average speed is
x ----> speed from place A to B
y ----> speed from place B to A
Given : Average speed is 72 miles/hour.
(2 ⋅ a ⋅ 60)/(a + 60) = 72
120a = 72a + 4320
So, the speed from place A to B is 90 miles per hour.
David travels from the place A to place B at a certain speed. When he comes back from place B to place A, he increases his speed 2 times. If the constant-speed for the whole journey is 80 miles per hour, find his speed when he travels from the place A to B.
Let a be the speed from place A to B.
Then, speed from place B to A = 2a
The distance traveled in both the ways (A to B and B to A) is same.
So, the formula to find average speed is
x ----> Speed from place A to B
y ----> Speed from place B to A
Given : Average speed = 80 miles/hour
(2 ⋅ a ⋅ 2a)/(a + 2a) = 80
So, the speed from place A to B is 60 miles per hour.
A person takes 5 hours to travel from place A to place B at the rate of 40 miles per hour. He comes back from place B to place A with 25% increased speed. Find the average speed for the whole journey.
Speed (from A to B) = 40 miles/hour
Speed (from B to A) = 50 miles/hour (25% increased)
The distance traveled in both the ways (A to B and B to A) is same.
So, the formula to find average distance is
x ----> speed from place A to B
y ----> speed from place B to A
Average speed = (2 ⋅ 40 ⋅ 50)/(40 + 50)
So, the average speed for the whole journey is about 44.44 miles/hour.
Speed (A to B) = 20 miles/hour
Speed (B to C) = 15 miles/hour
Speed (C to D) = 30 miles/hour
If the distances from A to B, B to C and C to D are equal and it takes 3 hours to travel from A to B, find the average speed from A to D.
Formula to find distance is
Distance from A to B is
Given : Distance from A to B, B to C and C to D are equal.
Total distance from A to D is
Formula to find time is
Time (A to B) = 60/20 = 3 hours
Time (B to C) = 60/15 = 4 hours
Time (C to D) = 60/30 = 2 hours
Total time taken from A to D is
Formula to find average speed is
= Total distance/Total time
So, the average speed from A to D is 20 miles per hour.
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