A caterpillar is climbing vertically on a leaf. Its motion is shown on the following graph of vertical position y vs. t. What is the instantaneous velocity of the caterpillar at time t= 6s? x(m 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 t(s)

A caterpillar is climbing vertically on a leaf. Its motion is shown on the following graph of vertical position y vs. t. What is the instantaneous velocity of the caterpillar at time t= 6s? x(m 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 t(s)

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Chapter2: Motion In One Dimension

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4. A caterpillar is climbing vertically on a leaf. Its motion is shown on the following
graph of vertical position y vs. t. What is the instantaneous velocity of the
caterpillar at time t= 6s?
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