Question

A car travels at an average speed of 50 km/h. How long will it take for the car to travel 12.5 km?

Answer 1

Impossible to answer. If the “average speed” in one hour make the car travel 50km, it means the speed could not be constant. So, it could be 90km/h during the first 30 minutes and 10km/h during the second 30 minutes. If this is the case, for example, in the next 12 minutes after the first hour, the car could be traveled 18km at 90km/h, completing 50 + 18 = 68km. The tricky word “average” makes it impossible to answer. Good try, but no cigar.