Essential University Physics
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Chapter 2.1, Problem 2.1GI
We just described three trips from Houston to Des Moines: (a) direct; (b) with a stop in Kansas City; and (c) via Minneapolis. For which of these trips is the average speed the same as the average velocity? Where the two differ, which is greater?
FIGURE 2.2 Describing motion in the central United States.
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