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A car travels along a straight line path with speed v 1 from A to B and return back from B to A with speed v 2. Find the average speed of the car during its journey?

A car travels along a straight line path with speed v1 from A to B and return back from B to A with speed v2. Find the average speed of the car during its journey?

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2 Answers

ashutosh anand
20 Points
9 years ago
hi
we know that vav=total distance / total time
then (x+ x2)/(t1+t2)=vav
here t1=x1/vand t2=x2/v2  
then 
but x1=x2=x
now 
hope this helps you
ashutosh anand
20 Points
9 years ago
sorry it coould not come full
2x/(x/v1 + x/v2)
then 2/(1/v1 + 1/v2)
ans is 2v1v2/(v1+v2)
hpe it help!!!

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