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A car travels half the distance with constant velocity of 40 kmph and the remaining half with a constant velocity of 60 kmph. The average velocity of the car in kmph is
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\(v_{m} = \frac{2 v_1 v_2}{v_1 + v_2} = \frac{2 \times 40 \times 60}{100} = 48 \, \mathrm{kmph} .\)
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