Was the motorcyclist driving from the city to the village at 60 km/h?



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Let S be the distance from town to town. Then the travel time there and back is t= S/60 + S/36= 3S/180 + 5S/180= 8S/180= 2S/45 V cf= 2S/t= 2S*45 /2S= 45 km/h The average speed is the ratio of the total distance traveled for the entire travel time, not the arithmetic mean?

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Let S be the distance from the village to the city. Then a back and forth journey time is t= S 60 + S 36= 3S 180 + 5S 180= 8S 180= 2S 45 V cf= 2S t= 2S*45 2S= 45 km h Average speed is the ratio of travelled distance to travel time, not arithmetic mean.

Response from 0[+++++]
add up the speed and divide by 2.

Response from 0[+++++]
That's some kind of a sucker, not a motorcyclist. 36 km/h. No, see?

 

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