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  1. A man completed a certain journey by a car. If he covered 30% of the distance at the speed of 20km/hr, 60% of the distance at 40km/hr and the remaining distance at 10km/hr; his average speed for the whole journey was
    1. 25 km/hr
    2. 28 km/hr
    3. 30 km/hr
    4. 33 km/hr
Correct Option: A

Let the total distance be 100 km.

Average speed =
Total distance covered
Time taken

=
100
3
+
3
+ 1
22

=
100
3 + 3 + 2
2

=
100 × 2
= 25 kmph
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