Question : A speeding car travelling at 40 km/hr decides to slow down to 30 km/hr after covering half the distance. What is the average speed?
Option 1: $30$ km/hr
Option 2: $\frac{120}{7}$ km/hr
Option 3: $\frac{240}{7}$ km/hr
Option 4: $35$ km /hr
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Correct Answer: $\frac{240}{7}$ km/hr
Solution : Here $s_1=40$ and $s_2=30$ $\therefore$ Average speed = $\frac{2s_1s_2}{s_1+s_2}=\frac{2×40×30}{40+30}=\frac{240}{7}$ km/hr Hence, the correct answer is $\frac{240}{7}$ km/hr.
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Question : A man covers half part of a certain distance at 35 km/hr. He covers 40 percent of the remaining distance at the speed of 8 km/hr and covers the rest of the distance at the speed of 18 km/hr. What is his average speed for the entire journey?
Option 1: $\frac{920}{47}$ km/hr
Option 2: $\frac{680}{47}$ km/hr
Option 3: $\frac{840}{47}$ km/hr
Option 4: $\frac{760}{47}$ km/hr
Question : A man covers half part of a certain distance at 25 km/hr. He covers 40% of the remaining distance at the speed of 8 km/hr and covers the rest of the distance at the speed of 18 km/hr. What is his average speed for the entire journey?
Option 1: $\frac{650}{37}$ km/hr
Option 2: $\frac{540}{37}$ km/hr
Option 3: $\frac{600}{37}$ km/hr
Option 4: $\frac{480}{37}$ km/hr
Question : A man covers half part of a certain distance at 60 km/hr. He covers 40% of the remaining distance at the speed of 12 km/hr and covers the rest of the distance at the speed of 18 km/hr. What is his average speed for the entire journey?
Option 1: 24 km/hr
Option 2: $\frac{58}{3}$ km/hr
Option 3: 36 km/hr
Option 4: 40 km/hr
Question : A man covers half part of a certain distance at 15 km/hr. He covers 40 percent of the remaining distance at the speed of 12 km/hr and covers the rest of the distance at the speed of 21 km/hr. What is his average speed for the entire journey?
Option 1: $\frac{140}{9}$ km/hr
Option 2: $15$ km/hr
Option 3: $\frac{164}{9}$ km/hr
Option 4: $\frac{139}{9}$ km/hr
Question : A man travels 600 km by train at 80 km/hr, 600 km by ship at 30 km/hr, 500 km by aeroplane at 400 km/hr, and 300 km by car at 60 km/hr. What is the average speed (km/hr) for the entire distance?
Option 1: $56\frac{7}{27}$
Option 2: $63$
Option 3: $59\frac{7}{27}$
Option 4: $62\frac{7}{27}$
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