A man goes from his house to office at 5 km/h and returns back by the same route at 20 km/h. Find his average speed for the whole journey. Options: (a) 12 km/h (b) 8 km/h (c) 6 km/h (d) 10 km/h
Q. A person goes from his home to the office at a speed of 5 km/h and returns by the same route at a speed of 20 km/h. Find the average speed for the whole journey. āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύāĻ āĻāĻāύ āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āύāĻŋāĻā§° āĻā§°ā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻāĻžā§°ā§āϝāĻžāϞāϝāĻŧāϞ⧠5 km/h āĻŦā§āĻā§ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻā§°ā§ āĻāĻā§āĻ āĻĒāĻĨā§āĻĻāĻŋ 20 km/h āĻŦā§āĻā§ āĻā§°āϞ⧠āĻāĻāϤāĻŋ āĻāĻšā§āĨ¤ āϏāĻŽāĻā§ā§° āϝāĻžāϤā§ā§°āĻžā§° āĻāĻĄāĻŧ āĻŦā§āĻ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŖāϝāĻŧ āĻā§°āĻžāĨ¤
Options / āĻŦāĻŋāĻāϞā§āĻĒ: (a) 12 km/h (b) 8 km/h (c) 6 km/h (d) 10 km/h
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For equal distances: (āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻĻā§ā§°āϤā§āĻŦā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§:): Average Speed = 2xy / x+y
where, x = 5 km/h, y = 20 km/h
Average Speed = 8 km/h (āĻāĻĄāĻŧ āĻŦā§āĻ = 8 km/h)