What is the average speed of the vacuum?

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Chapter10: Analytic Geometry
Section10.1: The Rectangular Coordinate System
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You recently bought a Shark robot vacuum. The rectangular region of your family room has
the dimensions of 12 feet by 18 feet. The bottom left vertex of the triangle has the assigned
coordinates of (0,0) and the top right vertex is assigned coordinates of (12,18). The Vacuum
starts at the point (3, 15) and moved in a linear path for 6 seconds. After the 6 seconds, the
vacuum's position was at (11, 6).
What is the average speed of the vacuum?
Transcribed Image Text:You recently bought a Shark robot vacuum. The rectangular region of your family room has the dimensions of 12 feet by 18 feet. The bottom left vertex of the triangle has the assigned coordinates of (0,0) and the top right vertex is assigned coordinates of (12,18). The Vacuum starts at the point (3, 15) and moved in a linear path for 6 seconds. After the 6 seconds, the vacuum's position was at (11, 6). What is the average speed of the vacuum?
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