You walk in the direction of the unit vector (1, 0, 0) a distance of 24 m at a constant speed of 3.0 m/s, then turn and walk in the direction of the unit vector (1, 0, 1)/ /2 a distance of 15 m at a constant speed of 0.5 m/s. What was your average velocity?

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You walk in the direction of the unit vector (1,0, 0) a distance of 24 m at a constant speed of 3.0 m/s, then turn and walk in the
direction of the unit vector (1, 0, 1)/ /2a distance of 15 m at a constant speed of 0.5 m/s. What was your average velocity?
average velocity = ( i
) m/s
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Transcribed Image Text:You walk in the direction of the unit vector (1,0, 0) a distance of 24 m at a constant speed of 3.0 m/s, then turn and walk in the direction of the unit vector (1, 0, 1)/ /2a distance of 15 m at a constant speed of 0.5 m/s. What was your average velocity? average velocity = ( i ) m/s i
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Isn't average velocity the change in position over the change in time? Thus being, we would subtract the distances and then divide by the change in time?

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