College Physics (10th Edition)
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Author: Hugh D. Young, Philip W. Adams, Raymond Joseph Chastain
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 2, Problem 19P
|| A test car travels in a straight line along the x axis. The graph in Figure 2.49 shows the car’s position x as a function of time. Find its instantaneous velocity at points A through G.
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