By Mansi Yadav

Verified by Ajay Kumar

A vehicle travels from city A to city B at a constant speed of 30 km/h and returns from city B to city A at a constant speed of 90 km/h. Determine the average speed for the entire journey.

  1. 35 km/h

  2. 25 km/h

  3. 45 km/h

  4. 15 km/h

Answer: C

Solution

Solution: For equal distances, average speed \(=\frac{2uv}{u+v}\). Therefore, average speed \(=\frac{2\times30\times90}{30+90}=\frac{5400}{120}=45\) km/h. Trick: For a round trip over equal distances, use the harmonic mean of the two speeds, not their arithmetic mean.

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