If a car driver divides a distance into $3$ equal parts and travels the three parts with speeds of $48, 54$ and $72$ km/hr, respectively. The average speed for the whole journey is :
- $54 \; \text{km/hr}$
- $56.3 \; \text{km/hr}$
- $58.3 \; \text{km/hr}$
- $60 \; \text{km/hr}$