A man travels from A to B at 4 mph over a certain journey
and returns over the same route to A, at 5 mph. What is his
average speed for the journey?
Answer Posted / kumari sharada
x=4m/h
y=5m/h
average speed= x+y/2
4+5/2=4.41m/h
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