A bus starts from town A

PHYSICS · Subjective · AP · Physics 1: Algebra-based · Kinematics · Kinematics

Problem

A bus starts from town A, travels 60 km60\,\text{km} to town B and then returns to town A along the same road in a total time of 3 h3\,\text{h}. Explain why its average speed is non-zero while its average velocity for the whole trip is zero.

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