gnat takes off from one end of a pencil and flies around erratically for 19.6 s before landing on the other end of the same pencil. If the gnat flew a total distance of 8.65 m, and the pencil is 0.0913 m long, find the gnat's average speed and the magnitude of the gnat's average velocity. average speed: m/s |average velocity : m/s

gnat takes off from one end of a pencil and flies around erratically for 19.6 s before landing on the other end of the same pencil. If the gnat flew a total distance of 8.65 m, and the pencil is 0.0913 m long, find the gnat's average speed and the magnitude of the gnat's average velocity. average speed: m/s |average velocity : m/s

Principles of Physics: A Calculus-Based Text

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Author:Raymond A. Serway, John W. Jewett

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Chapter3: Motion In Two Dimensions

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