A car travels from calabar to Enugu, a distance of P km with an average speed of U km per hour and continues to benin, a distance of Q km, with an average s...

Assessment: JAMB UTME - Mathematics - 2021 Subject: General Mathematics

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A car travels from calabar to Enugu, a distance of P km with an average speed of U km per hour and continues to benin, a distance of Q km, with an average speed of Wkm per hour. Find its average speed from Calabar to Benin
Answer Details

Average speed = totalDistanceTotalTime t o t a l D i s t a n c e T o t a l T i m e

from Calabar to Enugu in time t1, hence

t1 = PU P U

Also from Enugu to Benin

t2 qw q w

Av. speed = p+qt1+t2 p + q t 1 + t 2

= p+qp/u+q/w p + q p / u + q / w

= p + q x uwpw+qu u w p w + q u

= uw(p+q)pw+qu

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