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2.John drove South 90 km at 30 km/h and then East 120 km at 20 km/h. Determine a) the average speed for the whole journey? b) the magnitude of the average velocity for the whole journey?

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Chapter3: Vectors And Two-Dimensional Motion

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Problem 5WUE: A hiker walks 3.00 km north and then 4.00 km west, all in one hour and forty minutes, (a) Calculate...

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2.John drove South 90 km at 30 km/h
and then East 120 km at 20 km/h.
Determine
a) the average speed for the whole
journey?
b) the magnitude of the average velocity
for the whole journey?

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