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Suppose you drive to a picnic spot at 20 mph, .................................your average speed becomes 40 mph ?

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Suppose you drive to a picnic spot at 20 mph, then how fast you must go while returning back home on the same route such that your average speed becomes 40 mph ?

posted Nov 4, 2014 by Rajni

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