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Q.

A body travelling along a straight line path travels first half of the distance with a velocity 7 ms–1. During the travel time of the second half of the distance, first half time is travelled with a velocity 14 ms–1 and the second half time is travelled with a velocity 21 ms–1. Then the average velocity of the body during the journey is ______ ms–1

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answer is 10.

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Detailed Solution

Let total distance d

Let time covered for first one third distance be t1​

Then t1 ​= (d/2)/7 ​= d/14​

t2 be time for next two journeys

d/2 ​= 14t2​ + 21t2​ = 35t2

t2​ = d​/70
Average velocity = Total distance/Total time​ =  ​d​/(t1​+2t2) = dd14+2d70 ​= 10m/s

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