209k views
1 vote
A car travels along a straight line at a constant speed of 56.0 mi/h for a distance d and then another distance d in the same direction at another constant speed. The average velocity for the entire trip is 33.5 mi/h. (a) What is the constant speed with which the car moved during the second distance d?

I started out with Vxavg=(Vxi+Vxf)/2 and came out to 11 and it was wrong. If anyone has a good website I can use to learn physics it would be much appreciated.

1 Answer

6 votes
2* v1 * v2 / (v2+v1) = V avg2*56* v2 / (v2+56) = 33.5
v2 = 23.94 m/s
User Stephan Luis
by
8.2k points