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How fast must I drive for the rest of the way to catch my train?

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I drive at an average speed of 30 miles per hour to the railroad station each morning and just catch my train. On a particular morning there was a lot of traffic and at the halfway point I found I had averaged only 15 miles per hour.
How fast must I drive for the rest of the way to catch my train?

posted Sep 26, 2015 by Anil Chaurasiya

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Theoretically impossible as all the time is already gone in covering half the distance at half speed.

answer Sep 26, 2015 by Hariom Sharma
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a person can not catch the train on that perticular day

answer Sep 28, 2015 by Avani Shah



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