8. An athlete leaves one end of a pool of length Lat t- O and arrives at the other end at time t1. She swims back and arrives at the starting position at time t2. If she is swimming initially in the positive x direction, deter- mine her average velocities symbolically in (a) the first half of the swim, (b) the second half of the swim, and (c) the round trip. (d) What is her average speed for the round trip?

8. An athlete leaves one end of a pool of length Lat t- O and arrives at the other end at time t1. She swims back and arrives at the starting position at time t2. If she is swimming initially in the positive x direction, deter- mine her average velocities symbolically in (a) the first half of the swim, (b) the second half of the swim, and (c) the round trip. (d) What is her average speed for the round trip?

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8. An athlete leaves one end of a pool of length Lat t- O
and arrives at the other end at time t1. She swims back
and arrives at the starting position at time t2. If she is
swimming initially in the positive x direction, deter-
mine her average velocities symbolically in (a) the first
half of the swim, (b) the second half of the swim, and
(c) the round trip. (d) What is her average speed for
the round trip?

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