Motion in a Straight Line - Result Question 4

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4. A car moves from $X$ to $Y$ with a uniform speed $v_u$ and returns to $Y$ with a uniform speed $v_d$. The average speed for this round trip is [2007]

======= ####4. A car moves from $X$ to $Y$ with a uniform speed $v_u$ and returns to $Y$ with a uniform speed $v_d$. The average speed for this round trip is [2007]

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(b) $\frac{v_d v_u}{v_d+v_u}$

(c) $\frac{v_u+v_d}{2}$

(d) $\frac{2 v_d v_u}{v_d+v_u}$

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Answer:

Correct Answer: 4. (d)

Solution:

  1. (d) Average speed

$ =\frac{\text{ total distance travelled }}{\text{ total time taken }} $

Let $s$ be the distance from $X$ to $Y$.

$\therefore$ Average speed $=\frac{s+s}{t_1+t_2}=\frac{2 s}{\frac{s}{v_u}+\frac{s}{v_d}}$

$=\frac{2 v_u v_d}{v_d+v_u}$