An airplane flying directly eastward at a constant speed travels 298 km in 2.0 h. (a) What is the average velocity of the plane? =________ km/h (b) What is its instantaneous velocity? =________-km/h

An airplane flying directly eastward at a constant speed travels 298 km in 2.0 h. (a) What is the average velocity of the plane? = km/h (b) What is its instantaneous velocity? =-km/h

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An airplane flying directly eastward at a constant speed travels 298 km in 2.0 h.

(a) What is the average velocity of the plane?
=________ km/h

(b) What is its instantaneous velocity?
=________-km/h

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