Question

A car travels for 50mph for 5 hours, then for 30mph for another 3 hours in the same direction. What is the average speed the motorcycle traveled?

Answer 1

42.5mph

Step-by-step explanation:

The computation of the average speed is shown below:

As we know that

Speed = Distance ÷ Time

ANd, distance = Speed × time

So, the distance would be

= (50 × 5 hours) + (30 × 3)

= 250 + 90

= 340 miles

And, the total time taken is 8 hours

So, the average speed is

= 340 miles ÷ 8 hours

= 42.5mph