Question

3. Ian walks 2 km to his best friend’s house, then walks 0.5 km to the library. He then makes a 2.5 km walk home. The entire walk took him 3 hours. What is his average speed in km/h?

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Answer 1

Correct answer is
`(5)/(3)`km/h

Solution:-

Given that Lan walks 2km to his best friend's house, then walks 0.5km to the library and then he walks 2.5km alone.

So total distance walked by Lan is 2+0.5+2.5 = 5km

And to cover five km, he took three hours.

Average speed means "ratio of total distance covered to time elapsed to cover that distance."

Average speed =
`(total distance covered)/(time elapsed)`

=
`(5)/(3)`

Hence Lan's average speed is
`(5)/(3) km/h`