Practice Test Discussion

Q)

One-third of a certain journey is covered at the rate of 25 km/hr, one-fourth at the rate of 30 km/hr and the rest at 50 km/hr. Find the average speed for the whole journey?


  • Explanation

    Let the total journeybe x km. Then x3km at the speed of 25 km/hr and x4km at 30 km/hr and the rest distance x-x3-x4=512x

    at the speed of 50 km/hr.

    Total time taken during the journey of x km

    =x3×25hrs+x4×30hrs+5x12×50hrs=x75hrs+x120hrs+x12×10hrs=hrsx75+hrsx120+hrsx120

    (Expand the fraction to get the least common denominator)

    =8hrsx8×75+5hrsx5×120+5hrs5×120=8hrsx+5hrsx+5hrsx600=18hrsx600=3100hrsx

    ∴ Average speed =x18x600=1003=3313 km/hr

    Hence, Option A is correct.

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