A train covers half of its journey with a speed of 20 ms1 and the other half with a speed of 30 ms1. The average speed of the train during the whole journey is
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Distance = x mtrs
time takes is (x/2 /20) + (x/2 /30)
= x/40 + x/60 sec
= (3x/120 + 2x/120) sec
= 5x/120 seconds
|velocity| = speed = dist (x) / time (5x/120)
= 1m/(5/120)sec
=120/5 m/sec
= 24 m/s
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