You drive your car at a speed 40km/h for 1 hour, then slow down to 30km/h for the next 20km. How far did you drive, and what was your average speed?

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Laci Howell

Physics

5 January, 16:27

You drive your car at a speed 40km/h for 1 hour, then slow down to 30km/h for the next 20km. How far did you drive, and what was your average speed?

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Shyla Pearson · Answer 1

Speed=distance/time, rearranging gives speed*time=distance therefore the first section of the journey yielded a total distance of 40km, the second journey was stated to be 20km which was completed in (20/30) * 60=40minutes. Therefore the total journey was 60km which was completed in 1hr40 minutes so the average speed was (60/1.66 ...) = 36km/h.