College Physics (10th Edition)
10th Edition
ISBN: 9780321902788
Author: Hugh D. Young, Philip W. Adams, Raymond Joseph Chastain
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 2, Problem 1MCP
Which of the following statements about average speed is correct? (More than one statement may be correct.)
- A. The average speed is equal to the magnitude of the average velocity.
- B. The average speed can never be greater than the magnitude of the average velocity.
- C. The average speed can never be less than the magnitude of the average velocity.
- D. If the average speed is zero, then the average velocity must be zero.
- E. If the average velocity 1s zero, then the average speed must be zero.
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