A man covers 27 kms in 9 hrs and return home with a speed
of 5 km/hr.what is his average speed for entire journey?

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A man covers 27 kms in 9 hrs and return home with a speed of 5 km/hr.what is his average speed for..

Answer / jayanthi

if he covers 27km in 9hrs means his speed is 3kmphr.for
return journey his speed is given as 5kmphr.so average is
(2xy/(x+y))i.e.2(3)(5)/(3+5)=3.75kmphr

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A man covers 27 kms in 9 hrs and return home with a speed of 5 km/hr.what is his average speed for..

Answer / janu

27/9=3km/hr
avg speed =5+3=8=8/2=4Km/hr

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A man covers 27 kms in 9 hrs and return home with a speed of 5 km/hr.what is his average speed for..

Answer / k.k

27 kms in 9 hrs means 3kms/ hrs then 5kms/hrs the average speed is 3+5=8/2=4 kms/hrs

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A man covers 27 kms in 9 hrs and return home with a speed of 5 km/hr.what is his average speed for..

Answer / ram rocky

4KM/hr this is a right answer!!!!

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A man covers 27 kms in 9 hrs and return home with a speed of 5 km/hr.what is his average speed for..

Answer / sank

there is a difference between the terms average speed and average of speeds
ans posted by Jayanti is average speed(toatal dis./total time)
while post of Janu calculates average of speed

Is This Answer Correct ?    1 Yes 3 No

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