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A man covers half of his journey at 6 km/h and the remaining half at 3 km/h. His average speed is

A. 9 km/h

B. 4.5 km/h

C. 4 km/h

D. 3 km/h

Answer: Option C

Solution(By Examveda Team)

$$\eqalign{ & {\text{Average}}\,{\text{speed}} \cr & = \frac{{2xy}}{{ {x + y} }} \cr & = \frac{{2 \times 6 \times 3}}{{ {6 + 3} }} \cr & = \frac{{36}}{9} \cr & = 4\,{\text{kmph}} \cr} $$

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Comments ( 2 )

  1. Rahul Das
    Rahul Das :
    9 years ago

    4.5km/hr is that right answer

  2. Jay
    Jay :
    9 years ago

    it should be in detail how u can solve it without ellaborate it
    please expl
    ain the solution

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