College Physics (10th Edition)
10th Edition
ISBN: 9780321902788
Author: Hugh D. Young, Philip W. Adams, Raymond Joseph Chastain
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 2, Problem 15P
|| A mouse travels along a straight line; its distance x from the origin at any time t is given by the equation x = (8.5 cm·s−1)t − (2.5 cm·s−2)t2. Find the average velocity of the mouse in the interval from t = 0 to t = 1.0 s and in the interval from t = 0 to t = 4.0 s.
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