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Average speed as total distance over total time for unequal legs

This type of question, asked 4 times: CDS 2 2017, CDS 2 2018, CDS 2 2019, CDS 1 2021. All 4 questions below, oldest first.

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  1. Question 1

    CDS 2 2017

    93
    A man travelled 12 km at a speed of 4 km/hr and further 10 km at a speed of 5 km/hr. What was his average speed ?

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  2. Question 2

    CDS 2 2018

    29
    A cyclist covers his first 20 km at an average speed of 40 kmph, another 10 km at an average speed of 10 kmph and the last 30 km at an average speed of 40 kmph. Then the average speed of the entire journey is

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  3. Question 3

    CDS 2 2019

    31
    A race has three parts. The speed and time required to complete the individual parts for a runner is displayed on the following chart :
    Part IPart IIPart III
    Speed (kmph)987.5
    Time (minutes)5080100
    What is the average speed of this runner ?

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  4. Question 4

    CDS 1 2021

    34
    A train travels 600 km in 5 hours and the next 900 km in 10 hours. What is the average speed of the train?

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