A student drove to the university from her home and noted that the odometer reading of her car increased by 19.5 km. The trip took 20.3 min. If the straight-line distance from her home to the university is 9.9 km in a direction 25° south of east, what was the magnitude of her average velocity in meters per second?

A student drove to the university from her home and noted that the odometer reading of her car increased by 19.5 km. The trip took 20.3 min. If the straight-line distance from her home to the university is 9.9 km in a direction 25° south of east, what was the magnitude of her average velocity in meters per second?

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Author:Paul W. Zitzewitz

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Chapter5: Displacement And Force In Two Dimensions

Section5.1: Vectors

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