Question

a car covered a certain distance at the speed of 24mph. while returning, the car covered he same distance witht eh spped of 16mph. what has his average speed?

Answer 1

Answer:

19.2

Step-by-step explanation:

You have to trust me, this answer is correct. But here's my solution:

With the formula

Distance=Speed multiplied by Time, we can infer that Speed=Distance/Time.

But we only have one variable (Speed) in the two we need (Speed and Time), we have to pretend we have both variables. You can put the time as 1 hour because that's the most basic unit. Note that this strategy will also work with 2 hours, 3 hours, or any measure of time.

So now for distance, let's see how fast a car can travel 24 miles. When going at 24 mph, then it'll take 1 hour. With 16 mph, then it'll take 1 hour and 30 minutes, so 1.5 or 3/2 hours.  

Now we have the distance, which is 2 times 24 (Because the 24 mph and 16 mph both traveled 24 miles), equaling 48, and time, which is 1 hour plus 1.5 hours, which is 2.5 hours.

Now we use the formula Speed=Distance/Time, with 48/2.5=19 1/5 or 19.2

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