Glancing at the speedometer of your car gives you your car's instantaneous speed your car's instantaneous velocity both your car's instantaneous speed and its instantaneous velocity

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Problem 2: Consider taking a drive along a winding road.
Glancing at the speedometer of your car gives you
your car's instantaneous speed
your car's instantaneous velocity
both your car's instantaneous speed and its instantaneous velocity
Transcribed Image Text:Problem 2: Consider taking a drive along a winding road. Glancing at the speedometer of your car gives you your car's instantaneous speed your car's instantaneous velocity both your car's instantaneous speed and its instantaneous velocity
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Answer:your car's instantaneous speed.

Our car's speedometer measures the speed of a car at an instantaneous postion.

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