Question

Paul went to his friend's 2 km from his house, he used his bike and took him 9 minutes.

Paul and his friend rode another 1.5 km to get some ice cream, it took them 10 minutes.
What was Paul's average speed of the whole trip?

Answer 1

The average speed : 3.07 m/s

Further explanation

Given

d1 = 2 km

t1 = 9 min

d2 = 1.5 km

t2 = 10 min

Required

The average speed

Solution

Average speed = total distance : total time

total distance :

= d1+d2

= 2+1.5

=3.5 km

total time :

= t1+t2

= 9 min + 10 min

= 19 min

Average speed :

= 3.5 km : 19 min

= 0.184 km/min

= 3.07 m/s