A student drove to the university from her home and noted that the odometer on her car increased by 14.0 km. The trip took 20.0 min. (a) What was her average speed? km/h (b) If the straight-line distance from her home to the university is 10.3 km in a direction 25.Oð south of east, what was her average velocity? km/h (25° S of E) (c) She returned home by the same path. The total time to leave home, travel to the university, and return home was 7 h 30 min. What were her average speed and velocity for the entire trip? average speed km/h average velocity km/h

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A student drove to the university from her home and noted that the odometer on her car increased by 14.0 km. The trip took 20.0 min.
(a) What was her average speed?
km/h
(b) If the straight-line distance from her home to the university is 10.3 km in a direction 25.0ð south of east, what was her average velocity?
km/h (25° S of E)
(c) She returned home by the same path. The total time to leave home, travel to the university, and return home was 7 h 30 min. What were her average speed and velocity for the entire trip?
average speed
km/h
average velocity
km/h
Transcribed Image Text:A student drove to the university from her home and noted that the odometer on her car increased by 14.0 km. The trip took 20.0 min. (a) What was her average speed? km/h (b) If the straight-line distance from her home to the university is 10.3 km in a direction 25.0ð south of east, what was her average velocity? km/h (25° S of E) (c) She returned home by the same path. The total time to leave home, travel to the university, and return home was 7 h 30 min. What were her average speed and velocity for the entire trip? average speed km/h average velocity km/h
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