A particle covers half of its total distance with speed
and the rest half distance with speed
. Its average speed during the complete journey is
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Let
be the total distance travelled by the particle.
Let
be the time taken by the particle to cover first half of the distance. Then

Let
be the time taken by the particle to cover remaining half of the distance. Then

Average speed, 

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