A car goes from $A$ to $B$ (without changing direction), during first part of journey its average speed is $V_1$ and for second part of journey average speed is $V_2$ . The ratio path length of second part to the path length of first part is $\sqrt {\frac{{{V_2}}}{{{V_1}}}} $ . In that case the average speed of total path is ....... of average speeds of both parts. Choose correct option of fill. 

  • A

    Airthmatic mean

  • B

    Geometric mean

  • C

    Harmonic mean

  • D

    Information is insufficient to answer

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