Suppose you are operating a radio-controlled model car on a vacant tennis court. The surface of the court represents the x-y plane, and you place the origin at your own location. At time t = 2 sec the car has x and y coordinates(4m,2m), and at time t, = 2.50 sec it has coordinates (7m,6m). For the time interval from t, to t, find: (a) the components of the average velocity of the car? (b) the magnitude and direction of the average velocity?

Suppose you are operating a radio-controlled model car on a vacant tennis court. The surface of the court represents the x-y plane, and you place the origin at your own location. At time t = 2 sec the car has x and y coordinates(4m,2m), and at time t, = 2.50 sec it has coordinates (7m,6m). For the time interval from t, to t, find: (a) the components of the average velocity of the car? (b) the magnitude and direction of the average velocity?

College Physics

11th Edition

ISBN:9781305952300

Author:Raymond A. Serway, Chris Vuille

Publisher:Raymond A. Serway, Chris Vuille

Chapter1: Units, Trigonometry. And Vectors

Section: Chapter Questions

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