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Chapter 2.5, Problem 2.4QQ
Make a velocity–time graph for the car in Figure 2.1a. Suppose the speed limit for the road on which the car is driving is 30 km/h. True or False? The car exceeds the speed limit at some time within the time interval 0–50 s.
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