Hicham runs 16 km in 1.5 hours. He runs the first 10 km at an average speed of 12 km/h. What is his average speed for the last 6 km?
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Solution
When Hicham runs 10 km at an average speed of 12 km/h, he takes hours to run this distance.
Since Hicham runs for a total of 1.5 hours, then he runs the last 6 km in hours.
Since he runs 6 km in hours, his average speed for this segment is km/h.
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