Answer:
To cover the remaining ten kilometres and average 40 km/hr, the autonomous car must drive at infinite speed (light speed)
Step-by-step explanation:
The average speed = (The total distance)/(The total time taken)
The given parameters are;
The required average speed of the autonomous car = 40 km/hr
The average speed of the car during the first 20 km = 40 km/hr
The average speed of the car during the next 10 km = 20 km/hr
Therefore, we have;
The time taken = Distance/Speed
The time taken by the car during the first 20 km = 20 km/40 km/hr = 0.5 hour
The time taken by the car during the next 10 km = 10 km/20 km/hr = 0.5 hour
Therefore, the amount of time elapsed = 0.5 hour + 0.5 hour = 1 hour
The distance covered = 30 km
Which gives;
To drive the remaining distance of 10 km the car has 0 hour left,
The speed of the remaining 10 km must therefore be 10/0 = Infinite (speed).
To cover the remaining ten kilometres and average 40 km/hr, the autonomous car must drive at infinite speed.
