Car P travels due east in

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Problem

Car P travels 120 km120\,\text{km} due east in 2 h2\,\text{h}. Car Q travels 100 km100\,\text{km} due north and then 80 km80\,\text{km} due south in the same total time of 2 h2\,\text{h}. (i) Calculate the average speed of each car. (ii) Calculate the magnitude of the average velocity of each car. (iii) Identify which car has the greater average speed but the smaller magnitude of average velocity.

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