156k views
3 votes
A train travels 53 kilometers in 4 hours, and then 99 kilometers in 4 hours. What is its average speed?

1 Answer

4 votes

53 kilometers in 4 hours.

then

99 kilometers in 4 hours again.


it travelled a total of 53 + 99 kilometers, and it did it in 4+4 hours, so on average, it travelled at
\bf \cfrac{53+99}{4+4}\implies \cfrac{152}{8}\implies 19~(km s)/(hr)

User Macpak
by
7.4k points