It takes Joey the postman 1 hours to run a 3 mile long route every day. He delivers packages and then returns to the post office along the same path. If the average speed of the round trip is 5 mile/hour, what is the speed with which Joey returns?
a 11
b 12
c 13
d 14
e 15
Answer given is 12 But it should be 15 and here is my reasoning-let his speed for first half of the journey be 3 miles an hour
let the return journey (2nd half) be x miles an hour
now,
avg speed =5 mile an hour
we know if the Av speed =
2∗x1∗x2x1+x2 (Where X1 = speed m/hr in first half and X2 = speed in 2nd half)
(Plz Note - This formula only hold valid if both forward and return journey covered equal distance as in this case)therefore
2∗3∗x3+x=5
Solving for X we get x=15 m/hr