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A bus travels a distance of 120 km with a speed of 40 km/h and returns with a speed of 30 km/h. Calculate the average speed for the entire journey.
When bus travels with the speed of $40\ km/h$
$distance_1=120\ km$
$speed_1=40\ km/h$
Therefore, $time_1=\frac{distance_1}{speed_1}$
$=\frac{120\ km}{40\ h}$
$=3\ h$
When the bus returns:
$distance_2=120\ km$
$speed_2=30\ km/h$
Therefore, $time_2=\frac{distance_2}{speed_2}$
$=\frac{120\ km}{30\ km/h}$
$=4\ h$
Therefore, $total\ distance=distance_1+distance_2$
$=120\ km+120\ km$
$=240\ km$
$total\ time=time_1+time_2$
$=3\ h+4\ h$
$=7\ h$
Therefore, the average speed$=\frac{total\ distance}{total\ time}$
$=\frac{240\ km}{7\ h}$
$=34.28\ km/h$
Thus the average speed of the bus is $34.28\ km/h$.
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