A boy walks due north from his house and then returns directly to the house in the next

PHYSICS · Subjective · CBSE · Physics · Motion · Motion

Problem

A boy walks 200 m200\,\text{m} due north from his house and then returns directly to the house in the next 5 min5\,\text{min}. Explain why his average speed for the whole trip is not zero whereas his average velocity is zero.

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