A traveler traveled for 6hours and covered adistance of 520 km. Hetraveled the first 260 km bycar, and the rest of the wayby train. The average speedof the car is twice theaverage speed of the train.What is the average speedof the train?

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A traveler traveled for 6 hours and covered a distance of 520 km. He traveled the first 260 km by car, and the rest of the way by train. The average speed of the car is twice the average speed of the train. What is the average speed of the train?