The nearest grocery is 60 m, east from your house. You are walking at 1.2 m/s for 15.0 s toward the grocery when it started to rain and you ran back to your house to get an umbrella. It took you another 5.0 s to go back to your house. You start walking again at 1.2 m/s until you reach the grocery. (a) What is your average speed? (b) What is your average velocity?

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1. The nearest grocery is 60 m, east from your house. You are walking at 1.2 m/s
for 15.0 s toward the grocery when it started to rain and you ran back to your
house to get an umbrella. It took you another 5.0 s to go back to your house. You
start walking again at 1.2 m/s until you reach the grocery. (a) What is your
average speed? (b) What is your average velocity?
Transcribed Image Text:1. The nearest grocery is 60 m, east from your house. You are walking at 1.2 m/s for 15.0 s toward the grocery when it started to rain and you ran back to your house to get an umbrella. It took you another 5.0 s to go back to your house. You start walking again at 1.2 m/s until you reach the grocery. (a) What is your average speed? (b) What is your average velocity?
2. A lady tosses a coin vertically up with a speed of 5.5 m/s. (a) How high will the
con ise before it goes down (b) How long will the coin stay in air before landing
(C) With what speed will it land on the lady's hand? (d) At what times will the
speed of the coin be 3.0 m/s?
Transcribed Image Text:2. A lady tosses a coin vertically up with a speed of 5.5 m/s. (a) How high will the con ise before it goes down (b) How long will the coin stay in air before landing (C) With what speed will it land on the lady's hand? (d) At what times will the speed of the coin be 3.0 m/s?
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