A car travels up a hill at a constant speed of 37 km/h and returns down the hill at a constant speed of 66 km/h. Calculate the average speed for the whole trip

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Arun · Answer

By definition the average speed is the ration of the total traveled distance and the total traveled time. Let us introduce the total traveled distance of the car as L. Then the time of the travel up the hill is

t1 = L/74

The time of the travel down the hill is

t2 = L/132

The total traveled time is

t = t1 + t2 = L/74 + L/132 = 0.0211 L

Then the average velocity is

Vavg = L/t = L/0.0211 L = 47.393 km/hr

Vikas TU · Answer

Dear student Average speed Of thw whle trip will be = 2V1V2 / V1+ V2 => 2* 37 * 66 /103 => 47.47 m/sec Hope this clears Good Luck

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A car travels up a hill at a constant speed of 37 km/h and returns down the hill at a constant speed of 66 km/h. Calculate the average speed for the whole trip

A car travels up a hill at a constant speed of 37 km/h and returns down the hill at a constant speed of 66 km/h. Calculate the average speed for the whole trip

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