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You want to average 90 km/h on a car trip. You cover the first half of the distance at an
average speed of 48 km/h.
a) What average speed must you have for the second half of the trip to meet your goal?
b) Is this reasonable? Note that the velocities are based on half the distance, not half the
time.

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(a) The average speed must you have for the second half of the trip to meet your goal is 8 km/h.

(b) The value obtained (8 km/h) is not reasonable for the second half of the distance since the first half is 48km/h.

What is average velocity?

Average velocity is defined as the change in position or displacement (∆x) divided by the time intervals (∆t) in which the displacement occurs.

average velocity = total distance / total time

v = (d)/(0.5d/v₁ + 0.5d/v₂)

where;

  • v is the average velocity
  • v₁ is the average velocity during the first half
  • v₂ is the average velocity during the second half

90 km/h = (d) / (0.5d/48 + 0.5d/v₂)

90(0.5d/48 + 0.5d/v₂) = d

0.9375d + 0.5d/v₂ = d

d(0.9375 + 0.5/v₂) = d

0.9375 + 0.5/v₂ = 1

0.5/v₂ = 0.0625

v₂ = 0.5/0.0625

v₂ = 8 km/h

Thus, the average speed must you have for the second half of the trip to meet your goal is 8 km/h.

The value obtained (8 km/h) is not reasonable for the second half of the distance since the first half is 48km/h.

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