A motorist drives north for 40.0 minutes at 65.0 km/h and then stops for 15.0 minutes. He then continues north, traveling 130 km in 1.80 h. (a) What is his total displacement? km (b) What is his average velocity? km/h

A motorist drives north for 40.0 minutes at 65.0 km/h and then stops for 15.0 minutes. He then continues north, traveling 130 km in 1.80 h. (a) What is his total displacement? km (b) What is his average velocity? km/h

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A motorist drives north for 40.0 minutes at 65.0 km/h and then stops for 15.0 minutes. He then continues north, traveling 130 km in 1.80 h.
(a) What is his total displacement?
km
(b) What is his average velocity?
km/h

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