Motion In One Dimension Question 8

Question 8 - 30 January - Shift 2

A vehicle travels $4 km$ with speed of $3 km / h$ and another $4 km$ with speed of $5 km / h$, then its average speed is :

(1) $4.25 km / h$

(2) $3.50 km / h$

(3) $4.00 km / h$

(4) $3.75 km / h$

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Answer: (4)

Solution:

Formula: Average velocity if n velocities are given

$ \begin{aligned} & \frac{2}{V _{av}}=\frac{1}{3}+\frac{1}{5}=\frac{8}{15} \\ & \Rightarrow \quad V _{av}=\frac{15}{4}=3.75 km / h \end{aligned} $