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A person walks along a straight road from his house to a marked 2.5kms away with a speed of 5 km/hr and instantly turns back and reaches his house with a speed of 7.5 kms/hr. The average speed of the person during the time interval 0 to 50 minutes is (in m/sec)

A

`4(2)/(3)`

B

`(5)/(3)`

C

`(5)/(6)`

D

`(1)/(3)`

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B
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