A car travels 40 km due north at 60 km h⁻¹

PHYSICS · Multi-part · AP · Physics 1: Algebra-based · Kinematics · Kinematics

Problem

A car travels 40 km due north at 60 km h⁻¹, then immediately turns and travels for 30 min due east at 80 km h⁻¹. (a) Find the average speed for the whole trip. (b) Calculate the magnitude of the average velocity.

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