A tourist walks east and then west in

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

Problem

A tourist walks 500 m500\,\text{m} east and then 300 m300\,\text{m} west in 10 min10\,\text{min}. Without doing any numerical calculation, state which quantity—average speed or average velocity—has the greater magnitude for the entire trip and give a brief reason.

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