College Physics
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Author: Raymond A. Serway, Chris Vuille
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 3, Problem 2P
A hiker walks 2.00 km north and then 3.00 km east, all in 2.50 hours. Calculate the magnitude and direction of the hiker’s (a) displacement (in km) and (b) average velocity (in km/h) during those 2.50 hours, (c) What was her average speed during the same time interval?
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