Time and Time Series
- A van traveled from Kitale to Kisumu a distance of 160km. The average speed of the van for the first 100km was 40km/h and the remaining part of the journey its average speed was 30km/h. Calculate the average speed for the whole journey. (3 mks)
- A watch which loses a half-minute every hour was set to read the correct time at 0545h on
Monday. Determine the time, in the 12-hour system, the watch will show on the following
Friday at 1945h.
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- A watch which loses a half-minute every hour was set to read the correct time at 0445h
on Monday. Determine the time in 12-hour system, the watch will show on the following
Friday at 1845h
- The timetable below shows the departure and arrival time for a bus plying between two
towns M and R, 300km apart
| Town | Arrival | Departure |
| M | 0830h | |
| N | 1000h | 1020h |
| P | 1310h | 1340h |
| Q | 1510h | 1520h |
| R | 1600h |
(a) How long does the bus take to travel from town M to R?
(b) What is the average speed for the whole journey?
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