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A car traveled 75% of the way from town A to town B at an average speed of 50 kmph. The car travels at an average speed of S kmph for the remaining part of the trip. The average…

A car traveled 75% of the way from town A to town B at an average speed of 50 kmph. The car travels at an average speed of S kmph for the remaining part of the trip. The average…
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A car traveled 75% of the way from town A to town B at an average speed of 50 kmph. The car travels at an average speed of S kmph for the remaining part of the trip. The average speed for the entire trip was 40 kmph. What is S?,

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the car would have been traveling at 10kmph for the remaining 25 percent of the trip. 50 times 3 (25 percent segments) is 150, use math to solve for four 25 percent segments.
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