A tricycle traveled for 3 hours at a speed of 60 km/h before it broke down. It took half an hour to repair it. It...

      

A tricycle traveled for 3 hours at a speed of 60 km/h before it broke down. It took half an hour to repair it. It resume the journey for 2 ½ hours at a speed of 40 km/h.
What was its average speed?

  

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joseph
Average speed = total distance /total time
Total distance = (3 x60) + (5/2 x40)
= 580 km
Total time = (3 + ½ +2 ½ )
=6 hrs
Average speed = (580/6 )
=96.67 km/h

joseph rimiru answered the question on October 10, 2017 at 13:58


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