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title: "Aayush walks from his home to his office at a rate of 8 km/hr and returned home in the evening at a rate of 6 km/hr. What is his average speed?"  
description: "Aayush walks from his home to his office at a rate of 8 km/hr and returned home in the evening at a rate of 6 km/hr. What is his average speed?"  
author: "Aditya Patel"  
published: 2019-09-18  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/72348/aayush-walks-from-his-home-to-his-office-at-a-rate-of-8-km-hr-and-returned-home-in-the-evening-at-a-rate-of-6-km-hr-what-is-his-average-speed  
category: "math"  
tags: ["mathematics", "mathematical analysis"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Aayush walks from his home to his office at a rate of 8 km/hr and returned home in the evening at a rate of 6 km/hr. What is his average speed?

Aayush walks from his home to his [office](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/23284/how-to-improve-your-office-for-higher-productivity) at a [rate](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/105055/how-to-use-the-rate-of-change-indicator) of 8 km/hr and [returned home](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41914/why-were-us-veterans-resented-when-they-returned-home-from-the-vietnam-war) in the evening at a rate of 6 km/hr. What is his average [speed](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/167715/how-will-be-the-internet-be-like-in-2034)?

a) 6.52

b) 6.76

c) 6.85

d) 6.5

## Answers

### Answer by Sanat Shukla

Answer - The solution option is **(C)**

**Because** - Average speed = 2(speed1 * speed2)**/**speed1+speed2

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