Explanation:
Distance 1 = 45 * 2 = 90 km. Distance 2 = 55 * 3 = 165 km. Total distance = 255 km. Total time = 5 hours. Average speed = 255 / 5 = 51 km/h.
A car covered a distance of 300 km at a uniform speed. If the baseline speed is lowered by 10 km/h, the trip duration spikes by 1 hour. Find the original speed.
Explanation:
Let original speed be s. 300 / (s - 10) - 300 / s = 1 => 300(10) = s(s - 10) => 3000 = s(s - 10). Solving s^2 - 10s - 3000 = 0 yields (s - 60)(s + 50) = 0. Since speed must be positive, s = 60 km/h.
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