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Question
A car travels from P to Q at a uniform speed of 20 ms-1 and immediately turns back and travels towards Q with a uniform speed of 30 ms-1. What is the average speed for the whole journey?
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Solution
let distance between P and Q is S.
Speed of car while travelling from P to Q is 20 m/s.
Let car take time T1 to travel from P to Q then T1= S/20.
Speed of car while travelling from Q to P is 30 m/s.
Let car take time T2 to travel from Q to P then T2= S/30.
Total time = T1 + T2 = S/20 +S/30 =S/12.
So average speed of journey = total distance/ total time = 2S/(S/12) = 24 m/s.
Average speed of journey is 24 m/s.
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