Question

A horse was galloping at average speed of 50km/hr for the first 12 minutes. For the next x minutes, the horse slowed down and it’s average speed decreases to 30km/hr. The average speed of the horse for the whole journey is 45km/h. Find its total distance travelled in kilometres

Answer 1

The total distance travelled is 1075.91 km.

What is average speed?

The average speed is the total distance traveled by the object in a particular time interval. The average speed is a scalar quantity.

45 * (x +12)= 50* 1/5 + 1/2 *x

45x + 540= 10+ 0.5 x

44.5 x = 530

x= 11.91 (neglect the negative sign cause time can't be negative)

So, distance= 45* 23.91 = 1075.91 Km

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