A bug is crawling along a meter stick that is horizontally aligned on the top of the table. If the data shows the bug's position in two second intervals and the data is shown below, Change in position per unit time Position Os 30 cm 2s 12cm 4s 40 cm 6s 10 cm 8s 9 cm 10s 100 cm

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A bug is crawling along a meter stick that is horizontally aligned on the top of the table. If the data shows
the bug's position in two second intervals and the data is shown below,
Position
Change in position per unit time
Os
30 cm
2s
12cm
40 cm
10 cm
9 cm
100 cm
4s
6s
8s
10s
Transcribed Image Text:A bug is crawling along a meter stick that is horizontally aligned on the top of the table. If the data shows the bug's position in two second intervals and the data is shown below, Position Change in position per unit time Os 30 cm 2s 12cm 40 cm 10 cm 9 cm 100 cm 4s 6s 8s 10s
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