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Murali travelled from city A to city B at a speed of 40 kmph and from city B to city C at 60 kmph. What is the average speed of Murali from A to C given that the ratio of distances between A to B and B to C is 2 : 3?
Answer: Option B
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Let the distances between city A to B and B to C be 2x km and 3x km respectively. Total time taken to cover from A to C = (2x)/40 + (3x)/60 = (6x + 6x)/120 = 12x/120 = x/10
Average speed = (2x + 3x)/(x/10) = 50 kmph.
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