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AP EAMCET · PHYSICS · Motion In One Dimension

A car covers a distance at speed of 60 km h-1. It returns and comes back to the original point moving at a speed of V. If the average speed for the round trip is 48 km h-1, then the magnitude of v is

  1. A 40 km h-1
  2. B 36 km h-1
  3. C 44 km h-1
  4. D 32 km h-1
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(A) 40 km h-1

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Let car covers a distance of s in straight line from point A to B & then comes back to point A. Average speed =total distance coveredtotal time taken. Now, time taken from A to B will be, s60. Time taken from B to A will be, sv. Therefore, 48=s+ss60+sv…